cephalochordate

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Definition of cephalochordate in English English dictionary

Of or pertaining to these creatures

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

fishlike animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column

Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancets, that lack a true spine

Hyphenation

ceph·a·lo·chor·date

Etymology

() From New Latin Cephalochordata.