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Meaning of TRISTOMA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tris"to*ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? (see {Tri-}) + ?
mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to
{Tristoma} and allied genera having a large posterior sucker
and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin,
and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin
of fishes.
 
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