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Meaning of cyclostome | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey or hagfish.

Equivalents

Deutsch Rundmäuler Zyklostome

Français cyclostome

Examples

“Except the cyclostomes, as the lampreys and sphagobranchiæ, which are not real fishes, as I shall show elsewhere.”

“The Cyclostomes, or suckers, with regard to their skeletons, are the most imperfect of all the Vertebrates,”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

cyclostratigraphy cyclostrematid cyclostyle cyclosystem cyclotelloid cyclotetradecane