Agnatha
Syllabification: (Ag·na·tha)
Pronunciation: /ˈagnəTHə/
Zoology
Definition of Agnatha
- a group of primitive jawless vertebrates that includes the lampreys, hagfishes, and many fossil fishlike forms. Compare with cyclostome.
- Superclass Agnatha: the living forms are in the classes Myxini (hagfishes) and Cephalaspidomorphi (lampreys)
Origin:
from modern Latin Agnatha (superclass name), from a-1 'without' + Greek gnathos 'jaw'
