Agnathan synonyms
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jawless fish (related)
Any of various primitive fish of the class Agnatha that lack jaws. Living jawless fish (lampreys and hagfish) have a long, cylindrical body and a cartilaginous skeleton. The numerous extinct species were often heavily armored and are among the earliest vertebrate fossils known. Jawless fish occupy an intermediate evolutionary position between primitive chordates and jawed fish.
jawless vertebrate
eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
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