epistome

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Definition of epistome in English English dictionary

a plate in front of the mouth of some types of crustacean

a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids

under Entoprocta

The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea

A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa

Etymology

() From the Greek, epi- upon + stoma- mouth