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Webster 1913 Edition

Metastome

{ ‖

Me-tas′to-ma

,

Met′a-stome

, }

Noun.

[NL.

metastoma

, from Gr.

μετά

behind +

στόμα

mouth.]

(Zool.)

A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.

Definition 2024

metastome

metastome

English

Noun

metastome ‎(plural metastomes)

Alternative form of metastoma