Myzostomata

Myzostomata
Myzostomata My`zo*stom"a*ta, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. my`zein to suck + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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