cyclostome
/sahy-kluh-stohm, sik-luh-/US // ˈsaɪ kləˌstoʊm, ˈsɪk lə- //UK // (ˈsaɪkləˌstəʊm, ˈsɪk-) //
摆线虫,摆线体,摆线虫类,摆线虫病
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : 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.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a cyclostome vertebrate; a lamprey or hagfish.
Examples
In the amphioxus, as has been said, the cranio-spinal axis alone exists; the Cyclostome fishes are but a step higher.
The cyclostome fishes have, so far, been discovered only in Scotland, in the tiny Palaeospondylus.
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