Definitions
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- noun An
agnathan .
Etymologies
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From Agnatha, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, "without") + γνάθος (gnathos, "jaw").
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Examples
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There is another Class of "fishes", called agnatha, which embraces the jawless fish like lampreys.
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Now, agnatha is also a superclass within the sub-phylum vertebrata, so as to exclude
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Super-Class fits in below Sub-Phylum and above Class, though using agnatha both as class and super-class seems to be bending the rules a bit.
trivet commented on the word agnatha
jawless fish - lampreys, hagfish
February 26, 2007