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Webster 1913 Edition

Physostomi

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Phy-sos′to-mi

(fĭ-sŏs′tō̍-mī)

,

p

rop.

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

φῦσα

a bellows +

στόμα

mouth.]

(Zool.)

An order of fishes in which the air bladder is provided with a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others.