agnath
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Agnatha, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agnath (plural agnaths)
- (zoology) An agnathan.
- 1979, Stephen C. Wood, Evolution of Respiratory Processes, Marcel Dekker,, →ISBN, page 218:
- Evolution of vertebrates was accompanied by a gradual increase in oxygen availability, from the irrespirable atmosphere of the Precambrian to a PO₂ at 7 mmHg with the first vertebrates (agnaths), to the present sea level PO₂ value of 160 mmHg with the first reptiles.
- 1996, George Christopher Williams, Adaptation and Natural Selection, Princeton University Press,, →ISBN, page 51:
- The gnathostomes almost entirely replaced the agnaths, presumably because they were more effective fishes.
- 2002, Harold J. Morowitz, The Emergence of Everything, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 113:
- Thus, although tunicates are presumably intermediate between flatworms and agnaths, the larval tunicate more closely resembles the flatworm and adult agnath.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”)
Adjective
[edit]agnath (strong nominative masculine singular agnather, not comparable)
- (zoology) jawless
- Synonym: kieferlos
- 1895, H. Henking, “Ueber die Ernährung von Glandina algira L.”, in Zoologische Jahrbücher, volume 8, page 87:
- Da die Testacelliden agnath sind, so vermögen sie sich ihrer Beute nur mit Hülfe der Radula zu bemächtigen, indem diese etwas vorgestülpt wird, um ein Eingreifen der Radula-Zähne zu ermöglichen.
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- 1906, “Pisces für 1902”, in Archiv für Naturgeschichte, volume 2, number 1, page 15:
- Erörterung der Frage, ob die Ostracodermen agnath oder gnathostom sind.
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- 2004, Rüdiger Wehner and Walter Gehring, Zoologie, twenty-fourth edition, Thieme, →ISBN, page 809:
- Hypothetisches Ausgangsstadium (agnathes Wirbeltier) mit gleichförmigen Branchialbögen (Kieferbögen).
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Declension
[edit]Positive forms of agnath (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist agnath | sie ist agnath | es ist agnath | sie sind agnath | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | agnather | agnathe | agnathes | agnathe |
genitive | agnathen | agnather | agnathen | agnather | |
dative | agnathem | agnather | agnathem | agnathen | |
accusative | agnathen | agnathe | agnathes | agnathe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der agnathe | die agnathe | das agnathe | die agnathen |
genitive | des agnathen | der agnathen | des agnathen | der agnathen | |
dative | dem agnathen | der agnathen | dem agnathen | den agnathen | |
accusative | den agnathen | die agnathe | das agnathe | die agnathen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein agnather | eine agnathe | ein agnathes | (keine) agnathen |
genitive | eines agnathen | einer agnathen | eines agnathen | (keiner) agnathen | |
dative | einem agnathen | einer agnathen | einem agnathen | (keinen) agnathen | |
accusative | einen agnathen | eine agnathe | ein agnathes | (keine) agnathen |
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