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Webster 1913 Edition


Plagiostomi


Plaˊgi-os′to-mi

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr.
πλάγιοσ
slanting + [GREEK], [GREEK], mouth.]
(Zool.)
An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; – called also
Plagiostomata
.