Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A section of geophilous gastropods destitute of jaws.
- A class of fishes, or fishlike vertebrates, characterized by the absence of jaws and shoulder-girdle. It contains the extinct ostracoderms and the existing lampreys.
Wiktionary
- n. A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Vertebrata — the jawless fishes, or agnathans.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a class of eel-shaped chordates with a cartilaginous skeleton lacking jaws, scales, and pelvic fins. Among these are the lampreys and hagfishes. There are some extinct forms.
WordNet 3.0
- n. superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, "without") + γνάθος (gnathos, "jaw"). (Wiktionary)
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“A rift between them widens when Todd departs abruptly to meet Agnatha (Shannon Burkett) in”
“Todd and Bryan's communication impasse is matched by an extended estrangement between Agnatha and her hard-partying sister, Tess (also Burkett), who beds the despondent Bryan in New York.”
“ '' are examples of these jawless fish or [[Agnatha]].”
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