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Physoclisti


Physˊo-clis′ti

,
p
rop.
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
φῦσα
a bellows + [GREEK] to close.]
(Zool.)
An order of teleost in which the air bladder has no opening.

Definition 2024


Physoclisti

Physoclisti

English

Noun

Physoclisti pl (plural only)

  1. (zoology) fishes that lack a connection between the gas bladder and the alimentary canal, the bladder serving only as a buoyancy organ