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cytostome

noun

mouth of a protozoan

• Hypernyms: ↑mouth

• Part Holonyms: ↑protozoan, ↑protozoon

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at cyto-+ˌstōm\ noun (-s)

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cyt- + -stome; originally formed as German zytostom

: the mouth of a unicellular organism

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—cytostomal, adj.

/suy"teuh stohm'/, n.

the mouth of a protozoan.

[1885-90; CYTO- + -STOME]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.