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gnatostome

gnatostome is the misspelling 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 gnatostome

What is gnatostome the misspelling of?
Gnatostome is the misspelling of gnathostome.

Words near gnatostome in the dictionary

  1. gnathothecal
  2. gnatless
  3. gnatlike
  4. gnatling
  5. gnatlings
  6. gnatostome
  7. gnatproof
  8. gnats
  9. gnatty
  10. gnatworm
  11. gnatworms

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