pontobdella

[Gr. pontos =the sea, and bdella =a leech.] Zool .: A genus of Hirudinea, with several species, parasitic on fishes. Pontobdella muricata is the Skate-sucker, about four inches long, with a leathery, knobbed skin. It has no jaws, but sticks fast and sucks out the juices of the fish. "Mr. Baird, in 1869, made known four new Pontob dell a ."- Van Beneden: Animal Parasites , p. 113. *pon-ton, s . [PONTOON.] pon-ton-iër, pon-ton-niër', subst . [Fr., from ponton=a pontoon (q. v.).] A soldier in charge of a pontoon, or who constructs pontoons.