Wondering how to use Jawless in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as jawed.
Jawless in a sentence
Jawless meaning
Lacking a jaw.
Synonyms of Jawless
Using Jawless
- The main meaning on this page is: Lacking a jaw.
- Useful related words include: jawed.
- In the example corpus, jawless often appears in combinations such as: jawless fish, and jawless.
Context around Jawless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jawless
- In this selection, "jawless" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, armoured, example, fish, eel and ostracoderm stand out and add context to how "jawless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chondrichthyes and jawless fish agnatha and chondrichthyes and jawless fishes agnatha. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jawless" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jawless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This includes bony fishes ( Osteichthyes ), cartilaginous fish ( Chondrichthyes ), and jawless fish ( Agnatha ). (12 words)
This includes bony fishes (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fishes (Agnatha). (12 words)
Lampreys are jawless, eel-like fish that shared a common ancestor with humans about 550 million years ago. (18 words)
Each step must be advantageous in its own right, although biologists may not yet understand the reason behind all of them—for example, jawless fish accomplish blood clotting with just six proteins instead of the full ten. (37 words)
During this time the armoured jawless ostracoderm fish were declining in diversity; the jawed fish were thriving and increasing in diversity in both the oceans and freshwater. (27 words)
Lampreys are jawless, eel-like fish that shared a common ancestor with humans about 550 million years ago. (18 words)
Example sentences (5)
Lampreys are jawless, eel-like fish that shared a common ancestor with humans about 550 million years ago.
During this time the armoured jawless ostracoderm fish were declining in diversity; the jawed fish were thriving and increasing in diversity in both the oceans and freshwater.
Each step must be advantageous in its own right, although biologists may not yet understand the reason behind all of them—for example, jawless fish accomplish blood clotting with just six proteins instead of the full ten.
This includes bony fishes ( Osteichthyes ), cartilaginous fish ( Chondrichthyes ), and jawless fish ( Agnatha ).
This includes bony fishes (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fishes (Agnatha).
Common combinations with jawless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: