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| sto·mo·de·um [ stmə d əm ] (plural sto·mo·de·a [ stmə d ə ]) or sto·mo·dae·um [ stmə d əm ] (plural sto·mo·dae·a) |
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embryonic structure: a depression in the surface of an early embryo that develops into the mouth
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin< Greek stoma "mouth" + hodaios "on the way, becoming" < hodos "way, road"] |
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 sto·mo·de·al adjective |
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