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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mar·si·po·bran·chi·a n. pl.  Zool. A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws.  It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.
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