CEPHALOCHORDATE

cephalochordate

(noun) fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cephalochordate (plural cephalochordates)

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

Adjective

cephalochordate (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to these creatures.

Source: Wiktionary



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