agnathan

agnathan
agnathan agnathan n. 1. an eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages; a member of the Agnatha. The group includes the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.

Syn: jawless vertebrate, jawless fish [WordNet 1.5]


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