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Marsipobranchia
‖
Mar′si-po-bran′chi-a
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a pouch + [GREEK] a gill.]
(Zool.)
A class of
Vertebrata
, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma
, and Lamprey
. Called also Marsipobranchiata
, and Marsipobranchii
.