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Protostome is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Protostome in a sentence

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Protostome | Protostomes

Protostome meaning

Any animal, of the taxon Protostomia, in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastopore

Using Protostome

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any animal, of the taxon Protostomia, in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastopore

Context around Protostome

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

distinctive 1×

Often after:

embryonic 1×

Sentence patterns with Protostome

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

mix of protostome and deuterostome 1× their distinctive protostome embryonic characters 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

if chaetognaths branched 1× the traditional view 1×

Common sentence endings:

and deuterostome features 1× early bilaterian ancestors 1×

Words around Protostome

Just before it in the word index:

protostars 6 protostar 5 protoss 5 protoscience 3 protopunk 5 protoporphyria 2

Just after it in the word index:

protostomes 3 prototile 2 prototype 752 prototyped 7 prototypes 290 prototypic 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Protostome

  • In this selection, "protostome" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, distinctive and embryonic stand out and add context to how "protostome" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include mix of protostome and deuterostome and their distinctive protostome embryonic characters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "protostome" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with protostome

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The traditional view was that lophophorates were a mix of protostome and deuterostome features. (14 words)

If chaetognaths branched off from the protostomes before they evolved their distinctive protostome embryonic characters, they may have retained deuterostome characters inherited from early bilaterian ancestors. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

If chaetognaths branched off from the protostomes before they evolved their distinctive protostome embryonic characters, they may have retained deuterostome characters inherited from early bilaterian ancestors. (26 words)

The traditional view was that lophophorates were a mix of protostome and deuterostome features. (14 words)

Example sentences (2)

If chaetognaths branched off from the protostomes before they evolved their distinctive protostome embryonic characters, they may have retained deuterostome characters inherited from early bilaterian ancestors.

The traditional view was that lophophorates were a mix of protostome and deuterostome features.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "protostome" in a sentence?
An example: "If chaetognaths branched off from the protostomes before they evolved their distinctive protostome embryonic characters, they may have retained deuterostome characters inherited from early bilaterian ancestors." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "protostome" from authentic English texts.
What does "protostome" mean?
Protostome means: Any animal, of the taxon Protostomia, in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastopore
How many example sentences with "protostome" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "protostome", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.