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cyclostome
[ sahy-kluh-stohm, sik-luh- ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Cyclostomata, a subclass of jawless, eellike, marine vertebrates of the class Agnatha, comprising the lampreys and hagfishes.
- having a circular mouth.
noun
- a cyclostome vertebrate; a lamprey or hagfish.
cyclostome
/ sa瑟藞kl蓲st蓹m瑟t; 藞s瑟k-; 藢s瑟k-; 藢sa瑟kl蓹蕣藞st蓲m蓹t蓹s; 藞sa瑟kl蓹藢st蓹蕣m; -藞st蓹蕣m蓹-; -藢me瑟t /
noun
- any primitive aquatic jawless vertebrate of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey and hagfish, having a round sucking mouth and pouchlike gills
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the class Cyclostomata
cyclostome
- Any of various jawless fish of the order Cyclostomata, having a long, eellike body without scales, a cartilaginous skeleton, and a disklike mouth used for sucking juices from prey. Cyclostomes include the hagfish and lampreys, although some scientists classify these two groups as separate orders.
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Derived Forms
- cyclostomate, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cyclostome1
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The cyclostome fishes have, so far, been discovered only in Scotland, in the tiny Palaeospondylus.
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Primo, the cyclostomes, whose jaws are fused into a flexible ring and whose gill openings are simply a large number of holes, an order consisting of only one family.
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