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LANCELET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
Synonyms:
amphioxus; lancelet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lancelet" is a kind of...):
cephalochordate (fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column)
Holonyms ("lancelet" is a member of...):
genus Amphioxus (type genus of the Amphioxidae)
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