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peristome

noun

Region around the mouth in various invertebrates

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Word length
9
Starts with
P
Ends with
E
Contains
ER
Scrabble score
13

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noun

  1. Region around the mouth in various invertebrates

noun

  1. (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule

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