prostomium

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prostomium (noun; Greek pro, before; stoma, mouth): 1. The anterior preoral unsegmented portion of a segmented animal's body.

2. An acron.

3. (Annelida: Oligochaeta) The anterior protuberance above the mouth in the first segment; a preoral lobe.