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- noun zoology An
agnathan .
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From Agnatha, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, "without") + γνάθος (gnathos, "jaw").
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chained_bear commented on the word agnath
Probably should be agnatha.
September 1, 2008
mollusque commented on the word agnath
Agnatha is the name of the group; agnathan is a member of the group, sometimes shortened to agnath.
September 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word agnath
Well, that's what I thought, but it was very difficult to find any info online using this name. *sigh*
September 1, 2008
mollusque commented on the word agnath
Try searching for the plural: "agnaths" gets a lot more hits than "agnath". Google automatically searches for the plural on common words, but it apparently does this by brute force (a masterlist of plurals) rather than some clever algorithm.
September 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word agnath
Cool. Thanks!
September 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word agnath
"There are two extant groups of jawless fish (sometimes called cyclostomes, the lampreys and the hagfish, with about 100 species in total." (Wikipedia: "Agnatha.")
September 4, 2008