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cephalochordate
[ sef-uh-loh-kawr-deyt ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Cephalochordata.
noun
- any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having fishlike characters but lacking a spinal column, comprising the lancelets.
cephalochordate
/ ˌsɛfələʊˈkɔːdeɪt /
noun
- any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; a lancelet
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Cephalochordata
cephalochordate
/ sĕf′ə-lə-kôr′dāt′ /
- A member of the subphylum Cephalochordata of the phylum Chordata, whose only living species are the lancelets.
- See more at lanceletCompare hemichordate
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