Crossword-Solution: EPISTOME
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Epistome | n. | The region between the antennae and the mouth, in Crustacea. |
| Epistome | n. | A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| EPISTOME | anagram | EPITOMES |
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| area between the mouth and antennae of crustaceans | 1 answer |
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Sentences with EPISTOME (5)
Epistome extremely small, transversely linear; the external antennæ placed directly beneath the orbits, the basal joints partly filling them beneath.
Ectoproctous polyzoa the polypides of which have no epistome; the zooecia are in nearly all cases distinctly separated from one another by transverse perforated plates.
Ectoproctous polyzoa the polypides of which have a leaf-shaped organ called an epistome projecting upwards and forwards within the circle of tentacles and between the mouth and the anus.
The polypide in this order possesses a leaf-like ciliated organ (the epistome) which arises within the lophophore between the mouth and the anus and projects upwards and forwards over the mouth, which it can be used to close.
Characteristics of the Polyzoa--Details of Structure according to Allman--Plumatella repens--Its Great Beauty under proper Illumination--Its Tentacles and their Cilia--The Mouth and its Guard or Epistome--Intestinal Tube--How it swallowed a Rotifer, and what happened--Curiosities of Digestion--Are the Tentacles capable of Stinging?--Resting Eggs, or "Statoblasts"--Tube of Plumatella--Its Muscular Fibres--Physiological Importance of their Structure CHAPTER XII.