Usually means: Parasitic flatworms, multiple-host life cycle.
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  1. polystome: Merriam-Webster
  2. polystome, polystome: Wordnik
  3. polystome: Wiktionary
  4. Polystome, polystome: Dictionary.com
  5. Polystome: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. polystome: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Polystome: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. polystome: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Polystome: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polystome)

▸ noun:  (zoology) Any animal with many mouths.
▸ noun:  A parasitic flatworm of class Monogenea, that inhabits the gills of fish.

Similar:
stomatode, polypod, polyzoary, polypode, polygastric, polypus, deuterostome, metazoan, lophotrochozoan, polydont, more...

Opposite:
monostome, unicellular, single-mouthed

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Similar:
stomatode, polypod, polyzoary, polypode, polygastric, polypus, deuterostome, metazoan, lophotrochozoan, polydont, more...

Opposite:
monostome, unicellular, single-mouthed



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