Jawless fish synonyms
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cyclostome (related)
Any of various jawless fish of the order Cyclostomata, having a long, eellike body without scales, a cartilaginous skeleton, and a disklike mouth used for sucking juices from prey. Cyclostomes include the hagfish and lampreys, although some scientists classify these two groups as separate orders.
bony-fish (related)
Any of a class (Osteichthyes) of fishes with an air bladder, covered gills, and a bony inner skeleton
cartilaginous-fish (related)
Any of various fishes of the class Selachii (or Chondrichthyes), having a skeleton that is made of cartilage. Cartilaginous fishes breathe through gill slits, of which there are usually five, and their toothlike or platelike scales (called denticles) are made of dentine and enamel. Sharks, rays, skates, sawfish, and chimaeras are cartilaginous fishes.
jawless vertebrate
eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
(Zoology) A member of the superclass Agnatha of jawless vertebrates.
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Find another word for jawless fish. In this page you can discover 5 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for jawless fish, like: cyclostome, bony-fish, cartilaginous-fish, jawless vertebrate and agnathan.
