metastome

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metastome - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Metastoma \Me*tas"to*ma\, Metastome \Met"a*stome\, n. [NL.
     metastoma, from Gr. meta` behind + sto`ma mouth.] (Zool.)
     A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
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