n. a class of eel-shaped chordates with a cartilaginous skeleton lacking jaws, scales, and pelvic fins. Among these are the lampreys and hagfishes. There are some extinct forms.
Syn. -- class Agnatha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages; a member of the Agnatha. The group includes the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.
Syn. -- jawless vertebrate, jawless fish [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Anathemas [ L. anath&ebreve_;ma, fr. Gr. &unr_; anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anathēma, fr. Gr. &unr_; a votive offering; all fr. &unr_; to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to set. See Thesis. ] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [ families ]. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anathema Maranatha ety>(see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, “Our Lord cometh.” [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a cursing; cf. F. anathématisme. ] Anathematization. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. anathematisatio. ] The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anathematized p. pr. & vb. n. Anathematizing. ] [ L. anathematizare, Gr. &unr_; to devote, make accursed: cf. F. anathématiser. ] To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Chætognatha. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth.
Syn. -- arrowworm. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; hair + &unr_; jaw. ] (Zool) a phylum consisting of the arrowworms, a group of small active transparent free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.
Syn. -- phylum Chaetognatha. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A myriapod of the order Chilognatha. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; lip + gna`qos Jaw. ] (Zool.) One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kompo`s elegant, pretty + gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) A genus of carnivorous Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation with a slender body, and remarkable for having several birdlike features. It reached a length of 30 inches when adult. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. desmo`s bond + gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathæ), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. dromaius emu + Gr. gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zoöl.) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the endognath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Epi- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zoöl.) Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus including the bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus.
Syn. -- genus Erignathus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Dr. e'y^ well + &unr_; within gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gnathic index, in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; -- called also alveolar index. [ 1913 Webster ]

Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous. Flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gnathidia [ NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zool.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zool.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.

{ } a. [ L. Gnatho, name of a parasite in the “Eunuchus” of Terence, Gr. &unr_;; hence, a parasite in general. ] Flattering; deceitful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gna`qos the jaw + -pod. ] (Zool.) A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool, ) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gna`qos the jaw + &unr_; a roof. ] (Zool.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. gna`qos the jaw + &unr_;, &unr_;, 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gnathothecae [ NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos the jaw + &unr_; a box. ] (Zool.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ prop. n. Also }. [ Hind. Jagan-nāth lord of the world, Skr. jagannātha. ] (Hinduism) A particular form of Vishnu, or of Krishna, whose chief idol and worship are at Puri, in Orissa. The idol is considered to contain the bones of Krishna and to possess a soul. The principal festivals are the Snanayatra, when the idol is bathed, and the Rathayatra, when the image is drawn upon a car adorned with obscene paintings. Formerly it was erroneously supposed that devotees allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the wheels of this car. It is now known that any death within the temple of Jagannath is considered to render the place unclean, and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Macro- + gnathic. ] (Anthropol.) Long-jawed. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aramaic māran athā. ] “Our Lord cometh;” -- an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, “May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes.” See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Meso- + Gr. gna`qos jaw. ] (Anat.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. meta- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zool.) Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Contr. fr. ne hath, ] hath not. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. natheles, na the les, not the less, AS. nā never. See Na, The, conj., and cf. Nevertheless. ] Nevertheless. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. Milton. E. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. na the more. ] Not the more; never the more. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Nematognathi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See nemato-, and Gnathic. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Orthognathous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The quality or state of being orthognathous. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ortho- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Anat.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; pa^s pa^n, all + &unr_; Athena. ] The most ancient and important festival of Athens, celebrated in honor of Athena, the tutelary goddess of the city. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Paragnathus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Paragnathi [ NL. See Para-, and Gnathic. ] (Zool.) (a) One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea. (b) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pharynx, and Gnathic. ] (Zool.) A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. -- n. One of the Plectognathi. [ 1913 Webster ]