hypostome

/HH AY0 P AH0 S T OW0 M/
noun
  1. 1

    (anatomy) Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular:

  2. 2

    The barbed attachment structure associated with the mouthparts of parasitic arachnids (e.g. ticks);

  3. 3

    The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.

  4. 4

    The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;