Stoma

Stoma

Any of various small openings or pores in an animal body, especially an opening resembling a mouth in many invertebrates; also a minute pore in the epidermis of the leaf or stem of a plant; plural is 'stomata'.

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Category: Coral reefs
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stoma

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Any of various small openings or pores in an animal body, especially an opening resembling a mouth in many invertebrates; also a minute pore in the epidermis of the leaf or stem ...

stoma

Biology; Cell biology

A tiny opening or pore in the surface of a plant leaf. A stoma allows gases and water to pass into and out of a plant.

stoma

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

1. Any of various small openings or pores in an animal body, especially an opening resembling a mouth in various invertebrates. 2. Botany: A minute pore in the epidermis of the ...

stoma

Plants; Botany

A pore; a pore in the epidermis of a leaf or other aerial organ, providing access for gaseous exchange between the tissues and the atmosphere. Pl. Stomata.

stoma

Plants; Plant pathology

Structure composed of two guard cells and the opening between them in the epidermis of a leaf or stem, functioning in gas exchange.

stoma

Medical; Gastroenterology

An opening in the abdomen that is created by an operation (ostomy). It is usually covered by an external pouch that collects stool. A pouch is not needed for a continent ...

nodulose

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

fissure

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

damselfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of ...

complementary resources

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.

antennule

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.

odontophore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied ...

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