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Cephalochordate

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cephalochordate is a noun meaning Of or pertaining to these creatures.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to these creatures.

More Meanings

  1. Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancelets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochordates, reaches into the head, contrary to the Urochordata

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lancelet, cephalaspidomorph, cephalopode, urochordate, chondropterygian, chondrichthian.

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