holostome
nounEtymology From holo- (“whole”) + -stome (“mouth”).
1
An adult digenetic trematode with a portion of its ventral surface modified to be a complex adhesive organ.
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Biology, Ichthyology, Natural sciences, Zoology Obsolete Any of the suborder Helostomi of eel-like fish.
- Derived terms
- holostome sedge
- Related terms
- holostomatous, †Holostoma, Holostomidae, Holostomis, Holostemma
- Coordinate terms
- siphonostome