lancelet

lancelet
Amphioxus Am`phi*ox"us, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? sharp.] (Zo["o]l.) A fishlike creature ({Amphioxus lanceolatus}), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the {lancelet}. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebr[ae], nor red blood. It forms the type of the group {Acrania}, {Leptocardia}, etc. [1913 Webster]

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  • Lancelet — Lance let, n. [Lance + let.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small fishlike animal ({Amphioxus lanceolatus}), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See {Amphioxus}, {Leptocardia}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lancelet — [lans′lit] n. [ LANCE + LET] CEPHALOCHORDATE …   English World dictionary

  • Lancelet — Lancelets Lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

  • Lancelet — Lanzettfischchen Lanzettfischchen Branchiostoma lanceolatum Systematik Unterabteilung: Bilateria …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lancelet — Cephalochordata Céphalocordés …   Wikipédia en Français

  • lancelet — europinis iešmutis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Branchiostoma lanceolatum angl. lancelet rus. европейский ланцетник ryšiai: platesnis terminas – paprastieji iešmučiai …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • lancelet — noun Date: circa 1836 any of a subphylum (Cephalochordata) of small translucent marine primitive chordate animals that are fishlike in appearance and usually live partially buried on the ocean floor called also amphioxus …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lancelet — /lans lit, lahns /, n. any of several small, lancet shaped burrowing marine animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and bearing structural similarities to both vertebrates and invertebrates. Also called amphioxus. [1565 75;… …   Universalium

  • lancelet — noun any of a group of primitive marine animals, of subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord instead of a backbone …   Wiktionary

  • lancelet — lance·let lan(t) slət n any vertebrate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata called also amphioxus …   Medical dictionary

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