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Amphioxus   Listen
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Amphioxus  n.  (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, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.






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... AMPHIOXUS, or LANCELET, the name of small, fish-like, marine creatures, forming the class Cephalochorda, of the phylum Vertebrata. Lancelets are found in brackish or salt water, generally near the coast, and have been referred to several genera and many species. They ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia



Words linked to "Amphioxus" :   lancelet, cephalochordate



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