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SUPERCLASS AGNATHA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
Synonyms:
Agnatha; superclass Agnatha
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superclass Agnatha" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "superclass Agnatha"):
agnathan; jawless fish; jawless vertebrate (eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms)
order Ostracodermi; Ostracodermi (extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)
Anaspida; order Anaspida (extinct order of jawless vertebrates)
Conodonta; Conodontophorida; order Conodonta; order Conodontophorida (extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum)
Cyclostomata; order Cyclostomata (primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes)
Holonyms ("superclass Agnatha" is a member of...):
Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)
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