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protostome

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any animal, of the taxon Protostomia, in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastopore

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From translingual Protostomia.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ilkağızlı — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Chinese Mandarin: 原口動物 /原口动物 (yuánkǒu dòngwù) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舊口動物 /旧口动物 (jiùkǒu dòngwù) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前口動物 /前口动物 (qiánkǒu dòngwù) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Finnish: alkusuinen — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • German: Urmünder — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Indonesian: protostomia — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Italian: protostoma — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Japanese: 前口動物 (zenkōdōbutsu) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Japanese: 旧口動物 (kyūkōdōbutsu) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Japanese: 原口動物 (genkōdōbutsu) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Japanese: 先口動物 (senkōdōbutsu) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Kazakh: ғалғашқы ауызды (ğalğaşqy auyzdy) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Korean: 선구동물 (seon'gudongmul) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Korean: 전구동물 (jeon'gudongmul) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Korean: 원구동물 (won'gudongmul) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Persian: دهاننخستیان — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Polish: pragębowiec — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Spanish: protóstomo — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Spanish: protostomado — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Tamil: புரொட்டோஸ்டோம் (puroṭṭōsṭōm) — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore
  • Vietnamese: động vật miệng nguyên sinh — animal in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastophore