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What is the noun for peristomal?

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peristome
  1. (botany) One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.
  2. (zoology) The parts of or surrounding the mouths of numerous invertebrates.
  3. The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
  4. Examples:
    1. “The circumoral nerve ring runs round the mouth and sends fibres to innervate the peristome, mouth and oesophagus.”
      “Spines and tube feet surrounding the peristome function in locomotion, burrowing, and food-gathering.”
      “That is, these mosses have peristome teeth which are formed by walls growing between the rows of cells making up the mouth of the spore capsule.”
peristoma
  1. Alternative form of peristome
peristomium
peristomia
  1. plural of peristomium
peristomes
  1. plural of peristome
peristomata
  1. plural of peristoma
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