AMPHIOXUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: amphioxi

Meaning:

Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates

Synonyms:

amphioxus; lancelet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("amphioxus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("amphioxus" is a member of...):

genus Amphioxus (type genus of the Amphioxidae)