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Webster 1913 Edition

Solenostomi

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Soˊle-nos′to-mi

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., from Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a channel + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a mouth.]

(Zool.)

A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.