Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, of or pertaining to a peristome.
- 2. Situated around the mouth; circumoral.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a peristome.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
peristome .
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Examples
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No peristomial torsion; Genus _Spirostomum_ body highly contractile; no undulating membrane
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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_Polytrichina_.a. The mouth terminates a long Family _Plagiotomidæ_ peristomial furrow having an adoral zone along the entire left edge
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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According to Stein, the two edges can approach each other, thus opening and closing the peristomial area.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The ciliary disk projects conspicuously beyond the peristomial border.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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A peristomial depression leading to the mouth is absent or very slightly indicated.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The mouth, as in the preceding species, is at the end of a long peristomial groove extending from the anterior end to the middle of the body.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Length 60µ from disk to extremity of the peristomial disk.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The mouth is large and placed at the apex of the peristomial triangle and opens into a comparatively small oesophagus.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The latter is surrounded by a complete circle of the adoral zone, the oral end of which passes into a peristomial depression which extends deep into the middle of the body.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The mouth is placed centrally or near the left margin, and from it the right edge of the peristome forms a curved line to the left, which bends forward, thus making the greater part of the left edge the peristomial area.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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