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gnathostomes

gnathostomes is the plural of gnathostome.

Meaning of gnathostome

Noun

gnathostome (plural gnathostomes)

  1. Any vertebrate with jaws, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and most modern fish, in contrast with the Agnatha
    • Current conceptions of gnathostome phylogeny depict a rather simplistic arrangement of nominally monophyletic and, apparently, morphologically disparate groups.2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436

Questions about gnathostomes

What is gnathostomes the plural of?
Gnathostomes is the plural of gnathostome.

Words near gnathostomes in the dictionary

  1. gnathosomes
  2. gnathostegite
  3. gnathostegites
  4. gnathostomatous
  5. gnathostome
  6. gnathostomes
  7. gnathostomiasis
  8. gnathostomosis
  9. gnathostomulid
  10. gnathostomulids
  11. gnathotheca

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