Definitions

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  • noun zoology Any member of the genus Myxine of hagfish.

Etymologies

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From the genus name.

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Examples

  • Marsipobranchii (the lamprey and myxine, or lowly organised cartilaginous fishes).

    The Common Frog 1874

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