Agnatha

[ ag-nuh-thuh ]

noun
  1. the class of vertebrates comprising the lampreys, hagfishes, and several extinct forms, having no jaws or paired appendages.

Origin of Agnatha

1
1875–80; <New Latin, equivalent to Greek a-a-6 + -gnatha, neuter plural of -gnathos-gnathous

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