||Si`pho*no*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL.
See Siphon, and Stoma.] (Zoöl.)
(a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea
including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as
the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood.
(b) An artificial division of gastropods
including those that have siphonostomatous shells.
||Si`pho*no*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL.
See Siphon, and Stoma.] (Zoöl.)
(a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea
including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as
the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood.
(b) An artificial division of gastropods
including those that have siphonostomatous shells.