Usually means: Mouthpart structure in certain invertebrates.
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  1. hypostome: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypostome: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hypostome: Wordnik
  4. hypostome: Wiktionary
  5. hypostome: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. hypostome: Dictionary.com
  7. Hypostome (cnidarian), Hypostome (tick), Hypostome (trilobite), Hypostome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Hypostome: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Hypostome: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. hypostome: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Hypostome: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hypostome: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypostome: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. hypostome: Medical dictionary

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  1. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hypostome)

noun:  (anatomy) Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular:
noun:  The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;
noun:  The barbed attachment structure associated with the mouthparts of parasitic arachnids (e.g. ticks);
noun:  The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.

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