Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of leptocardians in which the mouth is surrounded by fringes, which were at one time erroneously supposed to have the functions of branchiæ: synonymous with Amphioxus.
- noun A genus of myriapods.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The lancelet. See
amphioxus .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
lancelet (Amphioxus lanceolatus)
Etymologies
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From branchio- + -stoma
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