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Webster 1913 Edition
Myzostomata
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Myˊzo-stom′a-ta
,p
rop.
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
μύζειν
to suck + στόμα
, -ατος
, mouth.] (Zool.)
An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.