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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peristome
peristome
n 1: (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the
mouth of a moss capsule
2: region around the mouth in various invertebrates
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peristome
Peristome
\Per"i*stome\, n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. ?, ?, mouth.]
1. (Bot.) The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the
capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64
teeth, and may be either single or double.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
(b) The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate
animal.
[1913 Webster]
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