jawless
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The divots were created at a time when animals in the seas were taking on a broad array of new forms, building complex ecosystems from plankton to jawless fish to spaceship-like filter feeders.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024
Early jawless fish were likely to have used bony projections surrounding their mouths to modify the mouth's shape while they collected food.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024
Early jawless fish were likely to have used bony projections surrounding their mouths to modify the mouth's shape while they collected food.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024
They found that same landmark in another group of extinct fish, the jawless Osteostracans.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023
His upper lip smiled, but Starnes's jawless chin couldn't follow suit.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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