Opisthomi

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

  Opisthomi \Op`is*tho"mi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'o`pisqen behind
     + ? the shoulder.] (Zool.)
     An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached
     to the vertebrae, but not connected with the skull.
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