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Definition of Cyclostome
1. Noun. Primitive aquatic vertebrate.
Group relationships: Cyclostomata, Order Cyclostomata
Definition of Cyclostome
1. a. Pertaining to the Cyclostomi.
Definition of Cyclostome
1. Noun. Any of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey or hagfish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cyclostome
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclostome
Literary usage of Cyclostome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"As regards the other features of the intestinal tract, they remain in a very
primitive condition, and in the cyclostome we have a decided advance towards ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1896)
"Ketel failed to completely homologize the cyclostome ear with that of the Vertebrate
type, because he did not recognize the existence of semicircular ..."
3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"the two primary sense organs of the cyclostome ear. ... The sense organ numbered
6 in the cyclostome stage (the crista acustica anterior, or anterior canal ..."
4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Comparing a cyclostome with a lancelet we may see many evidences of ...
The cyclostome has a distinct head with a cranium formed of a continuous body of ..."
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