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