Peristome

Definition:

• (n.) The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.
• (n.) The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
• (n.) The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.

Compare peristome with other words:

peristole vs. peristome

perisome vs. peristome

peristoma vs. peristome

peristome vs. peristomial

peristome vs. shell

peristome vs. spiral

aperture vs. peristome

lip vs. peristome

invertebrate vs. peristome

moss vs. peristome

capsule vs. peristome

peristome vs. tooth

peristome vs. ring

fringe vs. peristome