epistome

English

Alternative forms

• epistoma

Etymology

New Latin epistoma, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on, upon, over”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Noun

epistome (plural epistomes)

1. (zoology) a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids
2. a plate in front of the mouth of some types of crustacean

References

• Allaby, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology. pg 167. Oxford University Press. New York. 1992.

Anagrams

• epitomes, epsomite