Ctenostomata

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ctenostomata \Cten`o*stom"a*ta\ (t?n`?-st?m"?-t?), n. pl. [NL.,
     fr. Gr. ???, ???, comb + ????, -??? mouth.] (Zool.)
     A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles
     below the tentacles.
     [1913 Webster]