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{ } a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] Not possessing a mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Odonto- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the mouth. ] (Zool.) Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Plagiostomous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods. (b) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata. [ 1913 Webster ]