Myzostomata

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

  Myzostomata \My`zo*stom"a*ta\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
     my`zein to suck + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zool.)
     An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The
     body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and
     five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.
     [1913 Webster]