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nounperisome (plural perisomes)
plural perisomes
- biologyThe outer body of an invertebrate; the integument
In many Echinoïda, as in the Asteroïda, the calcareous plates of the perisome are movably connected together, and so allow of changes in the form of the body.
1878, Carl Gegenbaur, Elements of Comparative Anatomy, page 205
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