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Definition of Astomatous
1. Adjective. Having no mouth or mouthlike opening.
Definition of Astomatous
1. a. Not possessing a mouth.
Medical Definition of Astomatous
1. Without a mouth. Synonym: astomous. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astomatous
Literary usage of Astomatous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... but they remain astomatous, lose all their hmbs completely, and appear as ...
being astomatous, cannot sustain life in its nauplius state for lung, ..."
2. Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Müller (1869)
"58). Fig. 5s.» ' The pupae of the Cirripedia (fig. 57), which are likewise
astomatous, agree completely in all these parts with those of the ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1844)
"... produced by the astomatous polyps, around the summit of which they are grouped,
the polyps provided with a mouth appearing not to participate in any ..."
4. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"... be consistently regarded as the descendants of a similar simple Peritrichous
archetype. Fig. i, an astomatous larval Coelenterate or Planula ; Fig. a, ..."
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