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amphioxus
(encz) | amphioxus,kopinatec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Amphioxus
(gcide) | Amphioxus \Am`phi*ox"us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ? sharp.]
(Zool.)
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, vertebr[ae], nor red blood. It forms
the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
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amphioxus
(wn) | amphioxus
n 1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal;
primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet,
amphioxus] |
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amphioxus
(encz) | amphioxus,kopinatec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Amphioxus lanceolatus
(gcide) | Lancelet \Lance"let\, n. [Lance + -let.] (Zool.)
A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable
for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type
of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
[1913 Webster]Amphioxus \Am`phi*ox"us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ? sharp.]
(Zool.)
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, vertebr[ae], nor red blood. It forms
the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
[1913 Webster] |
amphioxus
(wn) | amphioxus
n 1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal;
primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet,
amphioxus] |
genus amphioxus
(wn) | genus Amphioxus
n 1: type genus of the Amphioxidae |
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