branchiostoma amphioxus

Turkish - English

Definition of branchiostoma amphioxus in Turkish English dictionary

lancelet

It is the type of the class Leptocardia

A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs

See Amphioxus, Leptocardia

any of a group of primitive marine animals, of subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord instead of a backbone

small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates

{i} any of a number of small fish-like marine animals that burrow into the ocean floor

Hyphenation

branchiostoma am·phi·ox·us