CYCLOSTOME Definition & Meaning

cyclostome

[sahy-kluh-stohm, sik-luh-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

/ saɪˈklɒstəmɪt, ˈsɪk-, ˌsɪk-, ˌsaɪkləʊˈstɒmətəs, ˈsaɪkləˌstəʊm, -ˈstəʊmə-, -ˌmeɪt /

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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Other 51�Թ� Forms

cyclostomate adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of cyclostome¹

First recorded in 1825–35; cyclo- + -stome

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Example Sentences

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The cyclostome fishes have, so far, been discovered only in Scotland, in the tiny Palaeospondylus.

From

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.

From

cyclostomatous cyclostrophic

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