Cephalochordate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various primitive chordate animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, such as the lancet, that lack a true vertebral column.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to the subphylum Cephalochordata.
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  • n. Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochordates, reaches into the head, contrary to the Urochordata
  • adj. Of or pertaining to these creatures.
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  • n. fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chordate   
    Hyponym
    amphioxus    lancelet