cirrostomi

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cirrostomi - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cirrostomi \Cir`ros"to*mi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. E. cirrus + Gr. ?
     mouth.] (Zool.)
     The lowest group of vertebrates; -- so called from the cirri
     around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.
     [1913 Webster]