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单词 peristome
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peristome

/ˈpɛrɪstəʊm /
noun
1 Zoology The parts surrounding the mouth of various invertebrates.Spines and tube feet surrounding the peristome function in locomotion, burrowing, and food-gathering....
  • The peristome can seem quite large.
  • The autozooids have small apertures and often preserve long peristomes inclined at an acute angle to the colony surface.
2 Botany A fringe of small projections around the mouth of a capsule in mosses and certain fungi.The sporophytes also develop peristomes and a spongy layer.

Origin

Late 18th century: from modern Latin peristoma, from Greek peri- 'around' + stoma 'mouth'.

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