Metastomaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From meta- (“behind”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

名詞

metastoma (plural metastomas or metastomata)

1. (zoology) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
2. (zoology) A ventral single plate located in the opisthosoma of some non-arachnid chelicerates in the extinct genus Houia which is involved in feeding and manipulating food.
3. (botany) A structure found in some mosses and liverworts that covers the mouth of the capsule from which spores are released.

関連する語

• endostoma
• pleurostoma

アナグラム

• metaatoms