Myzontes
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the nominative plural of Ancient Greek μυζῶν (muzôn, “sucking”), contracted present active participle of μυζάω (muzáō, “suck”).
Proper noun
[edit]Myzontes
- (obsolete) A taxonomic class within the subphylum Vertebrata – animals with an incomplete cartilaginous skull, no lower jaw, and pouch-like gills, including the lampreys and hagfishes, corresponding to the accepted class Cyclostomata.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (obsolete class): See Cyclostomata
Hyponyms
[edit]- (obsolete class): See Cyclostomata
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Myzontes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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