astomatous

astomatous [ey-stom-uh-tuh s, ey-stoh-muh-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective Zoology, Botany.

1. having no mouth, stoma, or stomata.

Origin of astomatous First recorded in 1850–55; a-6 + stomatous Examples from the Web for astomatous Historical Examples of astomatous

Astomatous, as-tom′a-tus, adj. having no mouth, used of a division of the protozoa.

Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)

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British Dictionary definitions for astomatous astomatous adjective

1. (of animals) having no mouth
2. (of plants) having no stomata