‖My′zo‐stom″a‐ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. μύζειν to suck + στόμα, -ατοσ, mouth.] (Zoöl.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.