plagiostome
/ˈpleɪdʒɪəstəʊm/Zoology
noun
A cartilaginous fish of the group Plagiostomi; a shark, a ray.
Origin
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From plagio- + -stome, after French plagiostome. With use as noun compare scientific Latin Plagiostomi, †Plagiostoma (attributed to S. Nilsson 1832), as name of this group of fishes.
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