Astomatous
having no mouth, stoma, or stomata.
Historical Examples
astomatous, as-tom′a-tus, adj. having no mouth, used of a division of the protozoa.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
adjective
(of animals) having no mouth
(of plants) having no stomata
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