Cyclostomata
noun plural
Cy·clo·sto·ma·ta
ˌsī-klō-ˈstō-mət-ə 
ˌsik-lō-
ˌsik-lō-
-ˈstäm-ət-ə
: a class or order of primitive vertebrates that have a large jawless sucking mouth, no limbs or paired fins, a wholly cartilaginous skeleton with persistent notochord, and 6 to 14 pairs of gill pouches and that include the lampreys and the hagfishes compare chondrichthyes
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“Cyclostomata.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/Cyclostomata. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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