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单词 protostome
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Definition of protostome in English:

protostome

noun ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)stəʊmˈprōdəˌstōm
Zoology
  • A multicellular organism whose mouth develops from a primary embryonic opening, such as an annelid, mollusc, or arthropod.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once this had appeared, the protostomes could develop.
    • In the complementary category, the protostomes, which includes annelids and arthropods, the blastopore develops into the mouth.
    • If the ancestor of protostomes displayed a segmentation comparable to annelids and arthropods, this necessarily means that segmentation was lost independently in different protostome lineages.
    • Arthropods are bilaterally symmetrical protostomes with strongly segmented bodies.
    • These animals are all protostomes - the mouth develops before the anus in the young embryo - and they have long been recognized as belonging together as a group.

Origin

1950s: from proto- 'primitive' + Greek stoma 'mouth'.

 
 

Definition of protostome in US English:

protostome

nounˈprōdəˌstōm
Zoology
  • A multicellular organism whose mouth develops from a primary embryonic opening, such as an annelid, mollusk, or arthropod.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the complementary category, the protostomes, which includes annelids and arthropods, the blastopore develops into the mouth.
    • These animals are all protostomes - the mouth develops before the anus in the young embryo - and they have long been recognized as belonging together as a group.
    • Arthropods are bilaterally symmetrical protostomes with strongly segmented bodies.
    • If the ancestor of protostomes displayed a segmentation comparable to annelids and arthropods, this necessarily means that segmentation was lost independently in different protostome lineages.
    • Once this had appeared, the protostomes could develop.

Origin

1950s: from proto- ‘primitive’ + Greek stoma ‘mouth’.

 
 
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