lipostomyn.
/lɪˈpɒstəmi/ Zoology.
Absence of a mouth or osculum.
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1880 F. P. Pascoe Zool. Classif. (ed. 2) 280 Lipostomy, absence of a mouth.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 793 The absence of an..osculum is known as lipostomy.
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