pseudostome

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The mouth or oral orifice of the pseudembryo or echinopædium of an echinoderm; a pseudostoma: correlated with pseudoproct.
2. n. The false osculum or secondary opening replacing an original oscule of a sponge. Also called pseudoproct.
3. n. A pouched rat, or pocket-gopher, of North America, as Geomys bursarius. See Pseudostoma, 2 .