amphioxus

American  

[am-fee-ok-suhs] / ˌæm fiˈɒk səs /

noun

plural

amphioxi, amphioxuses

1. Zoology. lancelet.

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amphioxus British  

/ ˌæmfɪˈɒksəs /

noun

1. another name for the lancelet

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amphioxus Scientific  

/ ăm′fē-ŏk′səs /

1. See lancelet

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Etymology

Origin of amphioxus

1830–40; < New Latin: literally, sharp at both ends < Greek amphi- amphi- + oxýs pointed

Example Sentences

As in amphioxus, the pharynx of Saccoglossus is heavily ciliated44, 45, and cells of the pharyngeal walls in hemichordates and the ventral endostyle in amphioxus secrete abundant mucins and glycoproteins46.

From Nature • Nov. 17, 2015

All homeobox genes identified in the genomes of the two hemichordates and amphioxus are listed in the Supplementary Table for Extended Data Fig.

From Nature • Nov. 17, 2015

The hemichordate genomes exhibit extensive conserved synteny with amphioxus and other bilaterians, and deeply conserved non-coding sequences that are candidates for conserved gene-regulatory elements.

From Nature • Nov. 17, 2015

For Fig. 3a, we merged the amphioxus scaffolds into 17 pre-defined scaffold groups as suggested in ref.

From Nature • Nov. 17, 2015

The egg of the lowest vertebrate, amphioxus, shows these changes in a simple and apparently primitive form.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason