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agnathan

[ag-nuh-thuh n]
noun
  1. any member of the vertebrate class Agnatha.
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adjective
  1. agnathous.
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Origin of agnathan

Agnath(a) + -an
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British Dictionary definitions for agnathan

agnathan

noun
  1. any jawless eel-like aquatic vertebrate of the superclass Agnatha, which includes the lampreys and hagfishes
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the superclass AgnathaSee also cyclostome
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Word Origin

C19: from New Latin agnatha, from a- 1 + Greek gnathos jaw
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agnathan in Science

agnathan

[ăg′nə-thən]
Adjective
  1. Lacking a jaw.
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Noun
  1. See jawless fish.
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