-stomus

noun combining form

-sto·​mus

stəməs

plural stomi

stəˌmī

1

: condition of having (such) a mouth

microstomus

2

: creature with (such) a mouth

—in generic names

Agonostomus

Catostomus

Phyllostomus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek stoma mouth

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