CYTOSTOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cytostome mean? 

• CYTOSTOME (noun)
  The noun CYTOSTOME has 1 sense:

1. mouth of a protozoan

  Familiarity information: CYTOSTOME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYTOSTOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mouth of a protozoan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cytostome" is a kind of...):

mouth (the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening)

Holonyms ("cytostome" is a part of...):

protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)