PHYSOCLISTOUS


Meaning of PHYSOCLISTOUS in English

/fuy'seuh klis"teuhs/ , adj. Ichthyol.

having the air bladder closed off from the mouth. Cf. physostomous .

[ 1885-90; Physoclist ( i ) genus name ( physo- PHYSO- + kleistoí, pl. of KLEISTÓS shut, verbid of kleíein to shut) + -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .