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‖ myzostoma Zool.|maɪˈzɒstəmə|
Also (anglicized) ˈmyzostome.
[f. Gr. µύζειν to suck + στόµα mouth.]
One of an order (Myzostomata or Myzostomida) of small worms parasitic on crinoids, having disc-like bodies provided with suckers. So myˈzostomid; also myzoˈstomatous, myˈzostomous adjs., belonging to this order (in recent Dicts.).
1876Van Beneden's Anim. Parasites 42 One of the most curious of these worms is the Myzostoma... These myzostomes resemble trematode worms. 1885Nature 5 Nov. 8/2, I have found Myzostoma-cysts or other modifications of the pinnule-joints on individuals from Torquay [etc.]. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 885/2 Full-grown Myzostomids are hermaphrodite. |