SUBORDER MYXINIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Myxiniformes mean? 

• SUBORDER MYXINIFORMES (noun)
  The noun SUBORDER MYXINIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys

  Familiarity information: SUBORDER MYXINIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBORDER MYXINIFORMES (noun)

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 ("suborder Myxiniformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Holonyms ("suborder Myxiniformes" is a member of...):

Cyclostomata; order Cyclostomata (primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes)