Amphioxus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See lancelet.
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  • n. The lancelet
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebræ, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The lancelets, the typical genus of the family Amphioxidæ, whose body is compressed and tapers to a point at each end: a synonym of Branchiostoma (which see). See also cut under lancelet.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cephalochordate   
    Variant
    amphioxi    lancelet   
     
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