Agnathous

/æɡˈneɪθəs/ adjective

Having no jaws or jaw-like structures, used to describe certain primitive fish and other organisms lacking mandibles.

From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'gnathos' (jaw). The term was coined in zoology during the 19th century to classify jawless fish like lampreys and hagfish.

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