deuterostome
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Deuterostome — Deuterostomes Temporal range: Late Ediacaran – Recent … Wikipedia
deuterostome — noun Etymology: New Latin Deuterostomia, group name, from deuter + Greek stoma mouth more at stomach Date: 1950 any of a major division (Deuterostomia) of the animal kingdom that includes the bilaterally symmetrical animals (as the chordates)… … New Collegiate Dictionary
deuterostome — n. [Gr. deuteros, second; stoma, mouth] True coelomates with radial cleavage of the egg, the blastopore becoming the anus, the coelom formed by enterocoely, including Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemicordata and Chordata; see protostome … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Deuterostome — Embryonic developmental pattern in which the mouth does not form from the blastopore but from a second opening: includes echinoderms and chordates. Contrasts with morphogenesis in protostome phyla which include annelids, molluscs and arthropods.… … Dictionary of molecular biology
deuterostome — /dooh teuhr euh stohm , dyooh /, n. 1. Embryol. a mouth that develops separately from the blastopore. 2. Taxonomy. any member of the phyla (Chordata, Hemichordata, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha) in which the anus appears first, developing at or… … Universalium
deuterostome — deu·tero·stome (dooґtər o stōm″) an animal belonging to the Deuterostomia … Medical dictionary
deuterostome — [ dju:tərəʊstəʊm] noun Zoology an organism whose mouth develops from a secondary embryonic opening, such as a vertebrate. Compare with protostome. Origin 1950s: from deutero + Gk stoma mouth … English new terms dictionary
deuterostome — deu·ter·o·stome … English syllables
deuterostome — deu•ter•o•stome [[t]ˈdu tər əˌstoʊm, ˈdyu [/t]] n. 1) ivt dvl a mouth that develops separately from the blastopore 2) ivt bio an animal with this form of development, as an echinoderm or chordate • Etymology: 1945–50 … From formal English to slang
deuterostome — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌstōm adjective Etymology: New Latin Deuterostomia : of or relating to Deuterostomia II. noun ( s) : an animal belonging to the group Deuterostomia * * * /dooh teuhr euh stohm , dyooh / … Useful english dictionary
