Metastoma
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metastoma is a noun meaning (zoology) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
Meaning
(zoology) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
More Meanings
- (botany) A structure found in some mosses and liverworts that covers the mouth of the capsule from which spores are released.
- (zoology) A ventral single plate located in the opisthosoma of some non-arachnid chelicerates in the extinct genus Houia which is involved in feeding and manipulating food.
Word Forms
- metastomas
- metastomata
- metastome
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metastome, metastomium, metasternum, mesosoma, metasoma, metastylid.
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