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<zoology> A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them.
Alternative forms: Gnathostomata.
Origin: NL, from Gr. The jaw +, the mouth.
(01 Mar 1998)
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