Libristomate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Libristomate is an adjective meaning (zoology) Of a trilobite, of the subclass Libristoma, and having a detached hypostome.
Meaning
(zoology) Of a trilobite, of the subclass Libristoma, and having a detached hypostome.
Example Sentences
Thus, Fortey later began grouping natant trilobites and their offspring as libristomate to designate the non-attached, or formerly detached, nature of their hypostomes.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trilobitelike, loricate, lophophorate, longilabrous, olenimorph, chilostomatous.
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