NOUN | animal | lancelet, amphioxus | small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal |
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Sounds | lae'nslaht | |
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Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... |
Meaning | small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates. | |
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Synonym | amphioxus | |
Member of | genus Amphioxus | type genus of the Amphioxidae |
Broader | cephalochordate | Fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column |
Spanish | branchiostoma lanceolatum |
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