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MYXINIFORMES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Myxiniformes mean?
• MYXINIFORMES (noun)
The noun MYXINIFORMES has 1 sense:
1. hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys
Familiarity information: MYXINIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hyperotreta; Myxiniformes; Myxinoidea; Myxinoidei; suborder Hyperotreta; suborder Myxiniformes; suborder Myxinoidei
Hypernyms ("Myxiniformes" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Holonyms ("Myxiniformes" is a member of...):
Cyclostomata; order Cyclostomata (primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes)
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