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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of nematoid entozoic worms, found in the stomach of the Felidœ or cat tribe. R. Owen. See
Chiracanthus , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them.
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