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Webster 1913 Edition


Lyopomata


Lyˊo-po′ma-ta

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] to loose + [GREEK], [GREEK], a lid.]
(Zool.)
An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms.
[Written also
Lyopoma
.]