Mesostoma

noun

Me·​sos·​to·​ma

mə̇ˈzästəmə,

-ˈsä-

: a cosmopolitan genus of large transparent freshwater rhabdocoelous turbellarians

mesostomid

-mə̇d

noun

plural -s

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from mes- + -stoma

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