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Meaning of metastoma | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
  2. A ventral single plate located in the opisthosoma of some non-arachnid chelicerates in the extinct genus Houia which is involved in feeding and manipulating food.
  3. A structure found in some mosses and liverworts that covers the mouth of the capsule from which spores are released.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

metastomium metastore metastory metastrategy metastriate metastring

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