HyperDic: amphioxus

English > 1 sense of the word amphioxus:
NOUNanimalamphioxus, lanceletsmall translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal
English > amphioxus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates.
Synonymlancelet
Member ofgenus Amphioxustype genus of the Amphioxidae
BroadercephalochordateFish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
Spanishbranchiostoma lanceolatum

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