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cephalochordate

cephalochordate

English

Noun

cephalochordate (plural cephalochordates)

  1. 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

Adjective

cephalochordate (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to these creatures.