jawless vertebrate meaning

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jawless vertebrate (noun): eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.

Definition of jawless vertebrate

  1. eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms

    Synonyms: jawless fish, agnathan

    Type of: aquatic vertebrate

    Kinds: ostracoderm, heterostracan, osteostracan, anaspid, conodont, cyclostome, lamprey, hagfish

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