I. stəmə noun combining form
( plural -stoma·ta ˈstōməd.ə, -mətə sometimes ˈstäm- ; also -stomas )
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stoma
1. : mouth : opening : stoma
hypo stoma
2. or stomus : creature with (such) a mouth or stoma — in generic names
Bdello stoma
Gnatho stoma
II. noun plural combining form
or -stomata “
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stomat-, stoma mouth — more at stomach
: creatures with (such) a mouth or stoma — in higher taxa in zoology
Gnatho stoma
Plagio stomata
III.
plural of -stomum