polystome

polystome
(po-li-sto-m') adj.
   Terme de zoologie. Qui a un grand nombre de bouches ou de suçoirs.
   S. m. Genre de vers intestinaux, dont la bouche a plusieurs ouvertures.
   On dit aussi polystomiens.
   Terme de botanique. Se dit de plantes parasites qui émettent de nombreuses fibrilles.
   Qui a beaucoup d'ouvertures.
   Un volcan polystome, RAMON Instit. Mém. scienc. 1813, 1814 et 1815, p. 46.
   Poly..., et du grec, bouche.

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