lancelet

noun

Meaning

Any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone

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Related words

amphioxus(English)cephalochordate(English)branchiostoma(English)branchiostomid(English)lancefish(English)lanceoporid(English)sandlance(English)lamellibranchiate(English)chordates(English)vertebrates(English)marine(English)species(English)

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