Definition of Myxinoidea

1. Noun. Hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Myxinoidea

Mysore thorn
Mystic Jewel
Mysticeti
Mytilene
Mytilidae
Mytilini
Mytilus
Mytilus edulis
Myvyrian
Myxine
Myxine glutinosa
Myxinidae
Myxiniformes
Myxinikela
Myxinikela siroka
Myxinoidea (current term)
Myxinoidei
Myxobacterales
Myxobacteriaceae
Myxobacteriales
Myxocephalus
Myxocephalus aenaeus
Myxomycetes
Myxomycota
Myxophyceae
Myxosporidia
Mœræ
Mœsia
Médoc
Médocs

Literary usage of Myxinoidea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"... of cyclostomes will best be presented when the two sub-classes Myxinoidea and ... SUB-CLASS I. Myxinoidea These "hag-fishes" or "borers" are called ..."

2. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"In Petro- myzon the aorta is not continued forwards, so that the carotids, which are formed in just the same way as in the Myxinoidea, form the solo ..."

3. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1837)
"... those of the Myxinoidea, vary too much from them to admit of comparison. Their structure, moreover, has already been well described by Rathke and Henle. ..."

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