agnatha

1. 1.

   superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms

   Synonymssuperclass Agnatha

   Broaderclass

   Part ofVertebrata

Other forms of agnatha

plural

agnathas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about agnatha

What does agnatha mean?

agnatha means "superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms".

How many syllables are in agnatha?

agnatha has 3 syllables: ag-na-tha. The stress falls on "ag".

What is another word for agnatha?

Close synonyms include superclass Agnatha. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is agnatha a common word?

agnatha is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.