Cyclostome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cyclostome is a noun meaning Any of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey or hagfish.
Meaning
Any of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey or hagfish.
Example Sentences
The Cyclostomes, or suckers, with regard to their skeletons, are the most imperfect of all the Vertebrates,
Except the cyclostomes, as the lampreys and sphagobranchiæ, which are not real fishes, as I shall show elsewhere.
Word Forms
- cyclostomes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bryozoans, cyclostomate, cycloganoid, agnathostome, fish, cycloid.
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