hypostome
/HH AY0 P AH0 S T OW0 M/noun
- 1
(anatomy) Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular:
- 2
The barbed attachment structure associated with the mouthparts of parasitic arachnids (e.g. ticks);
- 3
The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.
- 4
The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;
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