metastoma

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metastoma (noun; plural -metastomata; Greek meta, after; stoma, mouth): 1. (Arthropoda: Crustacea) The lower lip posterior to the mandibles, usually cleft into paragnaths; hypostoma; hypostome; hypopharynx; labium.

2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Orthropera, the hypopharynx.