lancelet, amphioxus
(noun) small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lancelet (plural lancelets)
any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone
of subphylum Cephalochordata
of order Amphioxiformes
Source: Wiktionary
Lance"let, n. Etym: [Lance + -let.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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