hypostome

[ hahy-puh-stohm ]

noun

, Zoology.

1. any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.

Other Words From

• hypo·stomi·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypostome¹

First recorded in 1860–65; hypo- + -stome

Example Sentences

When a tick attaches to a host, it embeds its mouth parts, including a barbed protuberance called a hypostome, and releases a cement-like substance to help it hold on, says Kirby C. Stafford, Connecticut’s state entomologist.

From Wall Street Journal

Some of the devices—such as the Tick Nipper, a pliers-like device from Joslyn Designs Inc., Mahopac, N.Y.—reach under the tick and clamp the base of the hypostome so you can pull up to remove it.

From Wall Street Journal

Two devices, the Trix Tick Lasso, made by Sweden’s Swereco Group AB, and the O’Tom Tick Twister, from France’s H3D, are designed to be used with a twisting motion, on the theory that rotation dislodges the barbs on the hypostome.

From Wall Street Journal

In the latter the single pair of antennae springing up from each side of the camerostome or hypostome or upper lip-lobe are seen.

From Project Gutenberg