Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

agnathan

/ˈæɡ.nə.θən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ag-nathan
IPA: /ˈæɡ.nə.θən/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Belonging or pertaining to the superclass Agnatha, the jawless vertebrates.

noun

A member of the superclass Agnatha of jawless vertebrates.

Example Sentences

"Haikouichthys is one of three species of jawless (or agnathan) fish to be found in the Early Cambrian period."
"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."
"The hagfish is an agnathan, a modern representative of the earliest evolved group of vertebrates, the ostracoderms or jawless fishes, which arose prior to the ancient placoderms (3)."

Etymology

From Agnatha, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀ-

Inflected Forms

agnathans (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

gnathostome

Synonyms

agnath agnatha jawless vertebrate jawless fish

Questions

How do you pronounce agnathan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæɡ.nə.θən/.
What does agnathan mean?: Belonging or pertaining to the superclass Agnatha, the jawless vertebrates.
Where does agnathan come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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