gnathostome

British

/ ˈneɪθəʊˌstəʊm /

noun

any vertebrate of the superclass Gnathostomata , having a mouth with jaws, including all vertebrates except the agnathans

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Other Word Forms

gnathostomatous adjective

Etymology

Origin of gnathostome

from New Latin Gnathostomata , from Greek gnathos jaw + stoma mouth

Example Sentences

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But until recently, the number of useful Silurian gnathostome fossils could be counted on one hand.

From New York Times

Overall, the genome is the least derived among known vertebrates and is therefore a good model for inferring the state of the ancestral chondrichthyan and gnathostome genomes.

From Nature

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