hypostome (English, noun)
expansion: hypostome (plural hypostomes)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular:
The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: 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);
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular:
The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.
Forms:
form: hypostomes
tags: plural