SUBORDER PETROMYZONIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Petromyzoniformes mean? 

• SUBORDER PETROMYZONIFORMES (noun)
  The noun SUBORDER PETROMYZONIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes

  Familiarity information: SUBORDER PETROMYZONIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBORDER PETROMYZONIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hyperoartia; Petromyzoniformes; suborder Hyperoartia; suborder Petromyzoniformes

Hypernyms ("suborder Petromyzoniformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Holonyms ("suborder Petromyzoniformes" is a member of...):

Cyclostomata; order Cyclostomata (primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes)