peristome (English, noun)
expansion: peristome (plural peristomes)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The parts of or surrounding the mouths of numerous invertebrates.
glosses: The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
Forms:
form: peristomes
tags: plural
form: peristoma
tags: alternative
form: peristomium
tags: alternative