HyperDic: gnathostome

English > 1 sense of the word gnathostome:
NOUNanimalgnathostomea vertebrate animal possessing true jaws
English > gnathostome: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA vertebrate animal possessing true jaws.
Member ofGnathostomata, superclass GnathostomataComprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws
Broadervertebrate, craniateanimals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

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