cyclostome, jawless fish, member of the Cyclostomata, the only living order of the vertebrate class Agnatha (see
Chordata). This group includes the
hagfish and the lamprey. The name also applies to members of the order Cyclostomata of the invertebrate phylum
Ectoprocta, class Gymnolaemata.
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