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adj. [Gr. a, without; stoma, mouth]1. Lacking a mouth.2. (ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta)In earthworms, a closed nephridium, without a nephrostome.3. (NEMATA)Referring to a stoma lacking the cheilostome, but retaining an unexpanded esophastome.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.