Crossword-Solution: PERISTOME
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Peristome | n. | The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double. |
| Peristome | n. | The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell. |
| Peristome | n. | The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal. |
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| PERISTOME | anagram | TEMPORISE |
We have 1 clue for the answer “PERISTOME”
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| fringe of pointed teeth surrounding the opening of a moss capsule | 1 answer |
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Sentences with PERISTOME (5)
The collar (called the peristome by Cohn) is evidently formed, like the valve, by an inward projection of the walls of the bladder.
These, with seven or eight long bristles on both sides of the peristome, form a sort of net over the valve, which would tend to prevent all animals, excepting very small ones, entering the bladder.
Scarcely one Peristome veils its beauties now, but then-- Like nascent diamonds, sparkling in the sun, Or sainfoin, circinate, or moss in marshy fen.
Diagnostic characters: The mouth is at the end of a long peristome running along the ventral side; the body is dorso-ventrally or laterally compressed.
The entire left edge of the peristome is provided with an undulating membrane which occasionally runs around the posterior end of the peristome to form a "pocket" leading to the mouth.