agnathous

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Definition von agnathous im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia

In all the neonates examined from the partially agnathous strain, there was no obvious agenesia of the lower mandible.

Jawless

Parenthetically, this line treatment suggests an attempt to mimic the agnathous (jawless) head, if we suppose that the jaw area was colored suitably dark in contrast to the face proper.

{s} having no jaws; (Zoology) belonging to the family Agnatha (jawless vertebrates)

Silbentrennung

ag·na·thous

Synonyme

agnathic, jawless

Etymologie

() Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnathos, “jaw”) + -ous.