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Hyperotreta

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Hy`per`o`tre´ta    (hī`pẽr`ô`trē´tå)
n. pl.1.(Zool.) 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.
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Noun1.Hyperotreta - hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys
Myxiniformes, Myxinoidea, Myxinoidei, suborder Hyperotreta, suborder Myxiniformes, suborder Myxinoidei
animal order - the order of animals
Cyclostomata, order Cyclostomata - primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes


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