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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MARSIPOBRANCH

MARSIPOBRANCH Mar "si *po *branch `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the Marsipobranchia.

 

MARSIPOBRANCHIA

Mar "si *po *bran "chi *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.