Definition of amphioxus
English to English noun - small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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, vertebræ, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
source: Webster 1913
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