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| deu·ter·o·stome [ dytərə stm ] (plural deu·ter·o·stomes) |
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animal with late-developing mouth: an animal whose mouth develops from a second opening in the early embryo, opposite to the initial opening blastopore of the rudimentary gut. Chordates and echinoderms are deuterostomes.
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