Meanings
nouncyclostome (plural cyclostomes)
plural cyclostomes
- Any of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey or hagfish.
The Cyclostomes, or suckers, with regard to their skeletons, are the most imperfect of all the Vertebrates,
1835, William Kirby, On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God, volume 2, William Pickering, page 3901 more example
Except the cyclostomes, as the lampreys and sphagobranchiæ, which are not real fishes, as I shall show elsewhere.
1811, André Marie Constant Duméril, “On the Sense of Smell in Fishes”, in Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts, volume 29, page 344
Origin
- translingualCyclostomata
- Englishcyclostome
From translingual Cyclostomata, confer French cyclostome.
More words from translingual
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Esperanto rondbuŝulo
- rondbuŝuloany of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata
French cyclostome
- cyclostomeany of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata
German Rundmäuler, Zyklostome
- Rundmäulerany of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata
- Zyklostomeany of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata
Polish kręgousty, krągłousty
- kręgoustyany of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata
- krągłoustyany of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata
- smoczkoustyany of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata
Romanian ciclostom
- ciclostomany of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata
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