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[syn: Gnathostomata, superclass Gnathostomata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gnathostoma \Gna*thos"to*ma\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. gna`qos the
jaw + ?, ?, the mouth.] (Zool.)
A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that
have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and
marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also
Gnathostomata.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Gnathostomata
n 1: comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws [syn:
Gnathostomata, superclass Gnathostomata]