Eurystomata (uri stomata)

pl. [NL., neut. pl. of eurystomatus: see eurystomatous.] An order of ctenophorans, having an oval or oblong body without oral lobes or tentacles, and a very large mouth, whence the name. and Neis are examples. eurystomatous (u-ri-stom'a-tus), a. eurystomatus, [ The two halves of the jaw are movably connected together in the eurystomatous Ophidii. Gegenbaur , Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 463. (b) In ctenophorans, pertaining to the Eurystomata . Also eurystomous . eurystome (ūʻri-stōm), n . A bird of the genus Eurystomus . eurystomous (ū-ris'tō-mus), a. [