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hypostome.

Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular

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Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular

  2. Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular: The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;

  3. Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular: The barbed attachment structure associated with the mouthparts of parasitic arachnids (e.g. ticks);

  4. Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular: The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English -stome English hypostome From hypo- + -stome.

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