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monostome, a. and n.|ˈmɒnəʊstəʊm|
[a. F. monostome (Littré), ad. Gr. µονόστοµ-ος with one mouth, f. µόνο-ς mono- + στόµα mouth.]
a. adj. Having only one mouth or sucker.
b. n. An animal having only one mouth or sucker, as a metazoan, or a parasitic trematode worm of the genus Monostomum or family Monostomidæ. So moˈnostomous a. [f. Gr. µονόστοµ-ος + -ous], having only one mouth; monostomatous.
1848E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 80 Brandt..divided the Discophoræ into Monostomous and Polystomous. 1849Huxley in Phil. Trans. CXXXIX. 426 The stomachal membrane of the Monostome Medusæ. 1856Mayne Expos. Lex., Monostomus, having but one mouth, or opening: monostomous. 1860Cobbold in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. (1861) V. 38 The absence, however, of a ventral sucker..points to a closer alliance with the Monostomes. |