adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to these creatures.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
cephalochordate
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noun
Meaning 2
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
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noun
Meaning 3
fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
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Broader terms: chordate
Narrower terms: lancelet, amphioxus
History
Etymology
From taxonomic name Cephalochordata, by surface analysis, cephalo- + chordate.