cephalochordate

[ sef-uh-loh-kawr-deyt ]

adjective
  1. belonging or pertaining to the Cephalochordata.

noun
  1. any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having fishlike characters but lacking a spinal column, comprising the lancelets.

Origin of cephalochordate

1
<New Latin Cephalochordata;see cephalo-, chordate

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British Dictionary definitions for cephalochordate

cephalochordate

/ (ˌsɛfələʊˈkɔːdeɪt) /


noun
  1. any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; a lancelet

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Cephalochordata

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Scientific definitions for cephalochordate

cephalochordate

[ sĕf′ə-lə-kôrdāt′ ]


  1. A member of the subphylum Cephalochordata of the phylum Chordata, whose only living species are the lancelets. See more at lancelet. Compare hemichordate.

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