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Meaning of PHYSOSTOMI

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Phy*sos"to*mi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a bellows + ?
mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of fishes in which the air bladder is provided with
a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It
includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others.
 
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