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Definition of Jawless fish
1. Noun. Eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.
Exact synonyms: Agnathan, Jawless Vertebrate
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Vertebrate
Group relationships: Agnatha, Superclass Agnatha
Specialized synonyms: Ostracoderm, Heterostracan, Cephalaspid, Osteostracan, Anaspid, Conodont, Cyclostome, Lamper Eel, Lamprey, Lamprey Eel, Hag, Hagfish, Slime Eels
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Vertebrate
Group relationships: Agnatha, Superclass Agnatha
Specialized synonyms: Ostracoderm, Heterostracan, Cephalaspid, Osteostracan, Anaspid, Conodont, Cyclostome, Lamper Eel, Lamprey, Lamprey Eel, Hag, Hagfish, Slime Eels
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jawless Fish
Literary usage of Jawless fish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology of To-day: A Popular Introduction in Simple Language by John Walter Gregory (1915)
"The most remarkable of the primitive fish were the armoured limbless, jawless
fish known from their platy covering case as the ..."
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