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agnathans

agnathans is the plural of agnathan.

Meaning of agnathan

Noun

agnathan (plural agnathans)

  1. A member of the superclass Agnatha of jawless vertebrates.
    • Thus should the cranial neural crest in cyclostomes prove to be non-skeletogenous this might be a reflection either of its own primitiveness or of the different evolutionary origins and morphological status of the visceral skeleton in agnathans and gnathostomes.1956, D. R. Newth, “On the Neural Crest of the Lamprey Embryo”, in Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology, volume 4, page 358
    Synonyms:
    agnath, agnatha

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Questions about agnathans

What is agnathans the plural of?
Agnathans is the plural of agnathan.

Words near agnathans in the dictionary

  1. agnate
  2. agnates
  3. agnath
  4. agnatha
  5. agnathan
  6. agnathans
  7. agnathas
  8. agnathia
  9. agnathic
  10. agnathid
  11. agnathism

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