Associations to the word «Cytostome»

Wiktionary

CYTOSTOME, noun. (microbiology) A cellular organelle found only in certain protozoa; it is specialized for phagocytosis, and usually has the form of a microtubule-supported funnel or groove.

Dictionary definition

CYTOSTOME, noun. Mouth of a protozoan.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope