monostome
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mon·o·stome
(mon'ō-stōm),Common name for digenetic trematodes that possess a single sucker, oral or ventral, rather than both.
See also: Monostoma.
See also: Monostoma.
[mono- + G. stoma, mouth]
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monostome
(mŏn′ə-stōm′)adj.
Having only one mouth or oral sucker, as certain trematodes.
mon′o·stome′ n.
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