Meaning of agnathous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Jawless.
   not-comparable
2. Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“The Onchidiidæ are described as agnathous, but I am confident of having observed the jaw figured.”

“The mouth is a transverse slit, which shows no teeth, nor any jaws properly so called, and therefore affords an apparent support⟳ to the agnathous theory of the Ostracodermi.”

“This and related agnathous (jawless), finless forms inhabited shallow seas or estuarine habitats[…].”

“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.”

“Dr Underhill exhibited an agnathous and hydrocephalic fœtus. This was an instance of the rare abnormality due to defect of the lower jaw.”

“Upon this view⟳ an agnathous fœtus may be regarded as sometimes due to a posterior dichotomy, which has ultimately become⟳ a complete⟳ separation, and in which the two fœtuses have⟳ developed equally during a considerable part of intra-uterine life.”

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

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