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gnathostome

/ ˈԱɪθəʊˌəʊ /

noun

  1. any vertebrate of the superclass Gnathostomata , having a mouth with jaws, including all vertebrates except the agnathans
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌԲٳˈٴdzٴdzܲ, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gnathostome1

from New Latin Gnathostomata , from Greek gnathos jaw + stoma mouth
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Example Sentences

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But until recently, the number of useful Silurian gnathostome fossils could be counted on one hand.

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Overall, the genome is the least derived among known vertebrates and is therefore a good model for inferring the state of the ancestral chondrichthyan and gnathostome genomes.

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