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| ag·na·than [ ágnəthən ] (plural ag·na·thans) |
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jawless animal resembling fish: a vertebrate animal found in water that has no jaw, e.g. a lamprey or hagfish. Modern examples have eel-shaped bodies and slimy scaleless skin, but many extinct agnathans were heavily armored with bony plates and scales. Subphylum Agnatha.
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| [Mid-20th century. < modern Latin Agnatha< Greek a- "without, not" + gnathos "jaw"] |
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