Holostome
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Holostome is a noun meaning An adult digenetic trematode with a portion of its ventral surface modified to be a complex adhesive organ.
Meaning
An adult digenetic trematode with a portion of its ventral surface modified to be a complex adhesive organ.
More Meanings
- (conchology, obsolete) Any of the former division Holostomata of gastropods.
- (ichthyology, obsolete) Any of the suborder Helostomi of eel-like fish.
Word Forms
- holostomes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include endostoma, hypostome, diplostomatid, stegostom, endosternite, hyosternum.
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