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cephalochordate

[sef-uh-loh-kawr-deyt]

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the Cephalochordata.

noun

  1. any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having fishlike characters but lacking a spinal column, comprising the lancelets.

cephalochordate

/ ˌɛəəʊˈɔːɪ /

noun

  1. any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; a lancelet

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Cephalochordata

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cephalochordate

  1. A member of the subphylum Cephalochordata of the phylum Chordata, whose only living species are the lancelets.

  2. See more at lancelet Compare hemichordate

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cephalochordate1

< New Latin Cephalochordata; cephalo-, chordate

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