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CEPHALOCHORDATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cephalochordate" is a kind of...):
chordate (any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cephalochordate"):
amphioxus; lancelet (small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates)
Holonyms ("cephalochordate" is a member of...):
Cephalochordata; subphylum Cephalochordata (lancelets)
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