Cyclostome
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey or hagfish.
"Except the cyclostomes, as the lampreys and sphagobranchiƦ, which are not real fishes, as I shall show elsewhere."
- 2 primitive aquatic vertebrate wordnet
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More examples"Except the cyclostomes, as the lampreys and sphagobranchiƦ, which are not real fishes, as I shall show elsewhere."
Etymology
From translingual Cyclostomata, confer French cyclostome.