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noun
An adult digenetic trematode with a portion of its ventral surface modified to be a complex adhesive organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of the former division Holostomata of gastropods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, conchology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Any of the suborder Helostomi of eel-like fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
From holo- (“whole”) + -stome (“mouth”).
