*stomata*

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, comb + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, -&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖/mhw>, n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ky`klos circle + sto`ma, -atos mouth. ] (Zool.) A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular apertures. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zool.) An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture. [1913 Webster]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`ros thigh + &unr_;, -&unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs (Limulus) of the last group. See Limulus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. my`zein to suck + sto`ma, -atos, mouth. ] (Zool.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, panto`s, all + sto`ma, sto`matos, mouth. ] (Zool.) One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. poly`s many + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a root + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, a mouth. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a military standard + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Siphon, and Stoma. ] (Zool.) (a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood. (b) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to stretch + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]