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Webster 1913 Edition

Plagiostomi

‖

Plaˊgi-os′to-mi

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., from Gr.

πλάγιοσ

slanting + [GREEK], [GREEK], mouth.]

(Zool.)

An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; – called also

Plagiostomata

.