Canadian English Meaning of amphioxus
Amphioxus
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amphioxus (n)
small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
amphioxus (n.)
A fishlike creature (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
small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebratesA fishlike creature (lanceolatus), two or three inches long, fou
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amphioxidae => lancelets, amphineura => aplacophorans, amphimixis => amphimixis, amphimacer => Amphibrach, amphilogy => Amphibology,
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