Definitions from Wiktionary (peristome)

▸ noun:  (botany) One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.
▸ noun:  (zoology) The parts of or surrounding the mouths of numerous invertebrates.
▸ noun:  The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.




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