stomodaeum
Americannoun
plural
stomodaeanoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stomodaeum
C19: from New Latin, from Greek stoma mouth + hodaios on the way, from hodos way
Example Sentences
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The stomodaeum is compressed laterally, and is furnished with two longitudinal grooves, a sulcus and a sulculus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Thus the ectoderm gives rise to the epidermis, to the nervous system, and to the lining of the stomodaeum and proctodaeum, if such parts of the alimentary canal are present.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Externally they resemble ordinary sea-anemones, but there is only one ciliated groove, the sulcus, in the stomodaeum, and the mesenteries are arranged on a peculiar pattern.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
The sub-class Nuda have no tentacles of any kind; they are conical or ovoid, with a capacious stomodaeum like the cavity of a thimble.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The anus is formed by a tucking in, the proctodaeum, similar to the stomodaeum.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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