peristome
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peristome noun
- One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.
- The parts of or surrounding the mouths of numerous invertebrates.
- The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
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anteriorperistomaendostomeperistomiumfringeoperculumexostomeperidioleendotheciumperichaethstomaperidiumepistomeannulusstomiumepistoma
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