| 单词 | microstome | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasmicrostome   microstome  n.  Brit.  , U.S.   		 †(a) Botany the small opening of the capsule of certain mosses (rare);		 (b) Zoology a form of certain ciliate protozoans of the genus  Tetrahymena that has a small oral apparatus and feeds on bacteria (frequently attributive).Sense  (a)   is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.ΚΠ 1890    Cent. Dict.  				Microstome, in bot., a small mouth or orifice, as that belonging to the capsule of certain mosses. 1953    Parasitology 43 57/2  				The additional terms macrostome form and microstome form will be employed for the two extreme stages when dimorphism is exhibited. 1983    Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 B. 301 359  				The free-living species T. patula, T. vorax and T. paravorax..possess both macrostome and microstome forms. < as lemmas  | 
	
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