Word
Amphioxus
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
am-phi-ox-us
Definition
- n. - 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, vertebrae,
nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia,
etc.
- noun - Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
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