Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a mouth with a lower jaw: a translation of the epithet gnathostomous applied to the cranial vertebrates except the round-mouthed or single-nostriled lampreys and hags.
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Examples
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Hence the other Vertebrates are collectively opposed to them as Gnathostoma (jaw-mouthed).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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We may divide the Craniota generally into Cyclostoma ( "round-mouthed") and Gnathostoma ( "jaw-mouthed").
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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With the fishes we enter upon the vast division of the jaw-mouthed or double-nosed Vertebrates (Gnathostoma or Amphirhina).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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