Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inferior part or organ of the mouth of arthropods and some other animals.
- noun [capitalized] Same as
Hypostomus .
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- noun
hypostome
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Examples
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Mystax: in Diptera; a patch of hair or bristles above the mouth, on the lower part of the hypostoma above the vibrissae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Epistoma - is: the lower face between the mouth and eyes: that sclerite immediately behind or above the labrum, whether it be clypeus or an intermediate piece: in Diptera, that part of the face between the front and the labrum; the oral margin and an indefinite space immediately contiguous thereto and so = peristoma: in Odonata; = clypeus: = hypostoma.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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