Meaning of AMPHIOXUS
Pronunciation: | | `amfee'âksus
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| Definition: | | [n] small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates |
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| Synonyms: | | lancelet |
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| See Also: | | cephalochordate, genus Amphioxus | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Am`phi*ox"us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? sharp.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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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