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Definition of: physoclistous
(fī′sō·klis′təs) adjective Zool.
Having no connection between the air bladder and the digestive tract, as in most teleost fishes. [<NL Physoclisti, a genus of fishes <Gk. physa a bladder + kleistos closed <kleiein close]
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