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marsipobranchiata

marsipobranchiata


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Marsipobranchia  \Mar"si*po*bran"chi*a\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  a 
  pouch  +  ?  a  gill.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  class  of  Vertebrata,  lower  than  fishes,  characterized  by 
  their  purselike  gill  cavities,  cartilaginous  skeletons, 
  absence  of  limbs,  and  a  suckerlike  mouth  destitute  of  jaws. 
  It  includes  the  lampreys  and  hagfishes.  See  {Cyclostoma},  and 
  {Lamprey}.  Called  also  {Marsipobranchiata},  and 
  {Marsipobranchii}.