Eel-shaped
61Agnatha — 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] …
62agnathan — 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] …
63doko — Lepidosiren Lep i*do*si ren ( s[imac] r[e^]n), n. [Gr. lepi s i dos, a scale + seirh n a siren.] (Zo[ o]l.) An eel shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also… …
64Lepidosiren — Lep i*do*si ren ( s[imac] r[e^]n), n. [Gr. lepi s i dos, a scale + seirh n a siren.] (Zo[ o]l.) An eel shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a… …
65Proteus — Pro te*us, n. [L., Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A genus of aquatic eel shaped… …
66Protopterus annectens — Lepidosiren Lep i*do*si ren ( s[imac] r[e^]n), n. [Gr. lepi s i dos, a scale + seirh n a siren.] (Zo[ o]l.) An eel shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also… …
67siren — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French sereine, from Late Latin sirena, from Latin siren, from Greek seirēn Date: 14th century 1. often capitalized any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek …
68Candiru — Taxobox name = Candiru status = secure image width = 250px image caption = Vandellia cirrhosa regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Siluriformes superfamilia = Loricarioidea familia = Trichomycteridae familia… …
69Palaeospondylus — Taxobox name = Palaeospondylus fossil range = Middle Devonian regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata genus = Palaeospondylus Palaeospondylus gunni ( Gunn s Ancient Vertebrae ) is a mysterious, fish like fossil vertebrate. Its… …
70Harpagofututor — Taxobox name = Harpagofututor fossil range = Mississippian image width = 300px image caption = Echinochimaera (top) and Harpagofututor (bottom) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata infraphylum = Gnathostomata classis =… …
