See Also: myzostomid(dictionary)

myzostomid (iou)



myzostomid noun. E20.
[from mod. Latin Myzostomida, from Myzostomum (see below), from Greek muzein suck + stoma mouth: see -ID3.]
Zoology. Any of various small polychaete worms belonging to the genus Myzostoma and related genera, which have discoidal bodies with suckers and are ectoparasites of echinoderms, esp. crinoids.
Also 'myzostome noun (now rare or obsolete) L19.