rhynchobdel11dæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. rhynchobdell(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zool .: A family of Leeches, having a protrusible proboscis. They are divided into Ichthyobdellide and Clepsinidæ. rhyn-chō-çě-pha-li-a, s. pl . [RHYNCHOCEPH ALUS.] Vesuvius. IMG:content-0609.png:[blocks in formation] recent genus, Sphenodon (q. v.). 2. Palæont .: Represented in the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Eocene by Champ sos a urus, in the Trias by Rhynchosaurus and Hype rod aped on, and in the Permian by Prot eros a urus, Sphænosaurus, Telerpeton (?), and Saurosternum(?). rhyn-chō-çě-pha-li-an, a. & s. [RHYNCHOCE PHALIA.] IMG:content-0610.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0611.png:[blocks in formation] rhynchops trhyn-cho-çe-ti, s. pl. [Pref. rhyncho-, and Gr. kētos a sea-monster.] Zool.: The Ziphioid Whales. [ZIPHIINE.] frhyn-cho-çœ-la, s . pl . [Prefix rhyncho- , and Gr. koilos hollow.] [NEMERTEA.]