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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hyperotreta

/(hī`pẽr*ō̇*trē"tȧ)/ · Hy·per·o·tre·ta · IPA
01 n. pl. An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the…
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    An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the palate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish.(Zool.) See: Hagfish