malacostomous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

malaco- +‎ stoma +‎ -ous

Adjective[edit]

malacostomous (comparative more malacostomous, superlative most malacostomous)

(zoology, archaic) Having soft jaws without teeth.
malacostomous fish

References[edit]

“malacostomous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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