PERISTOME


Meaning of PERISTOME in English

[peri.stome] n [NL peristoma, fr. peri- + Gk stoma mouth--more at stomach] (ca. 1796) 1: the fringe of teeth surrounding the orifice of a moss capsule

2: the region around the mouth in various invertebrates -- peri.sto.mi.al adj

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