Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a mouth-like orifice at either end of the body, by which to adhere to the intestines of animals, as some trematode parasitic worms; amphistomoid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having a
sucker at eachextremity .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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