-mīˈzäntəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Petromyzont-, Petromyzon, type genus + -idae
: a family of cyclostomes (order Hyperoartia) comprising elongated animals that resemble eels or hagfishes, have no barbels and seven pairs of circular gill openings, and feed on the blood of fishes which they obtain by rasping the flesh with their toothed circular mouth — see petromyzon ; compare lamprey
• pet·ro·my·zon·toid | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|zän.ˌtȯid adjective or noun