English Explanatory Dictionary

cephalochordate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to these creatures.

Word forms

cephalochordate cephalochordates

Etymology

From translingual Cephalochordata, by surface analysis, cephalo- + chordate.

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