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rhizostomata
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rhizostomata, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a root + , , a mouth.].
A suborder of Medusæ which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix. [1913 Webster]
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