cyclostomatous

Also cy·clos·to·mate

[sahy-kluh-stom-uh-tuhs, -stoh-muh-, sik-luh-]

adjective

1. having a circular mouth.

2. belonging or pertaining to the cyclostomes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclostomatous¹

cyclo- + stomatous

Example Sentences

The recent investigation of a vast number of similar but slightly larger bodies, of very various forms, in the Carboniferous rocks of Ohio, has led Professor Newberry to the conclusion that these singular fossils really are, as Pander thought, the teeth of Cyclostomatous fishes.

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