"agnathan" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈæɡ.nə.θən/, /æɡˈnæθ.ən/
enPR: ăgʹnə-thən Etymology: From Agnatha, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἀ-||without}} Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} agnathan (not comparable)
  1. (zoology) Belonging or pertaining to the superclass Agnatha, the jawless vertebrates. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Jawless fish
    Sense id: en-agnathan-en-adj-CgZb~Rza Disambiguation of Jawless fish: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with alpha privatives, English undefined derivations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with alpha privatives: 64 36 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 62 38 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Noun

IPA: /ˈæɡ.nə.θən/, /æɡˈnæθ.ən/ Forms: agnathans [plural]
enPR: ăgʹnə-thən Etymology: From Agnatha, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἀ-||without}} Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} agnathan (plural agnathans)
  1. (zoology) A member of the superclass Agnatha of jawless vertebrates. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Jawless fish Synonyms: agnath, agnatha Hypernyms: vertebrate Hyponyms: cyclostome, ostracoderm Coordinate_terms: gnathostome Translations (member of the superclass Agnatha of jawless vertebrates): àgnat [masculine] (Catalan), leuaton selkärankainen (Finnish), agnato [masculine] (Portuguese), agnato [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-agnathan-en-noun-mi83WIR~ Disambiguation of Jawless fish: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 47 53 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

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