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Hyperoartia

noun

lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes

• Syn: ↑Petromyzoniformes, ↑suborder Petromyzoniformes, ↑suborder Hyperoartia

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyclostomata, ↑order Cyclostomata

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\\ˌhīpərōˈärsh(ē)ə, -ärd.ēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hyperōia palate (from feminine of hyperōios upper, from hyper over, above) + New Latin -artia (from Greek artios complete, perfect); akin to Greek arti just, exactly, arariskein to fit — more at over, arm

: an order of cyclostomi consisting of the lampreys as distinguished from the hagfishes — compare hyperotreta

Useful english dictionary. 2012.