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hypostome

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hypostome [′hī·pə‚stōm]
(invertebrate zoology)
Projection surrounding the oral aperture in many cnidarian polyps.
Anteroventral part of the head in Diptera.
Median ventral mouthpart in ticks.
Raised area on the posterior oral margin in crustaceans.
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The holotype is associated with a hypostome of Metopolichas sp.
Revision of the Ordovician cheirurid trilobite genus Reraspis with ... by Parnaste, Helje / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
Ticks feed exclusively on blood, and begin by cutting a small hole into the host epidermis with their chelicerae and inserting the hypostome into the cut, thereby attaching to the host.
Ticks and Tick Ecology in Mississippi: Implications for Human Disease ... by Goddard, Jerome / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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