platys to mous (plat is tom us)

[ plaudt (plâd), v. t. [ At our banquet all the gods may 'tend, Plauding our victory and this happy end. πλατύσχιστος, with broad clefts, σχιστός , cloven, parted, divided, σχίζειν , split, part.] In Günther's cla ification, the first subplaud (plad), n. family of Murænidæ , with the branchial open- dit .] Claim to ings in the pharynx in the form of wide slits, including all the true apodal fishes excepting the typical Murænidæ .