lipostomy Zool.
(lɪˈpɒstəmɪ)
[f. as prec. + -y.]
Absence of a mouth or osculum.
| 1880 F. P. Pascoe Zool. Classif. (ed. 2) 280 Lipostomy, absence of a mouth. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Forms Anim. Life 793 The absence of an..osculum is known as lipostomy. |