deuterostome

English

Etymology

δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”)

Noun

deuterostome (plural deuterostomes)

1. (zoology) Any animal, of the subphylum Deuterostomia, in which the initial pore formed during gastrulation becomes the anus, and the second pore becomes the mouth.

Related terms

• deuterostomian

Translations

animal in which the initial pore formed during gastrulation becomes the anus, and the second pore becomes the mouth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後口動物／后口动物 (zh) (hòukǒu dòngwù)

• Japanese: 後口動物 (こうこうどうぶつ, kōkōdōbutsu)
• Kazakh: екінші ауызды (ekınşı auyzdy), екіншіауызды (ekınşıauyzdy)
• Korean: 후구동물(後口動物) (hugudongmul)
• Persian: دهان‌دومیان (fa)
• Tamil: டியூட்டெரோஸ்டோம் (ṭiyūṭṭerōsṭōm)
• Vietnamese: động vật miệng thứ sinh (動物𠰘次生)

See also

• protostome