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Meaning of MYZOSTOMATA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\My`zo*stom"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. my`zein to
suck + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The
body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and
five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.
 
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