protostome

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Any animal, of the former taxon Protostomia, in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastopore
A protostome
protostomian
protostome

    Etymology

    [ 'prO-t&-"stOm ] (noun.) circa 1961. New Latin Protostomia, from prot- + Greek stoma mouth; more at STOMACH.
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