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Meaning of LANCELET

Pronunciation:  'lanslit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
 
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 Synonyms: amphioxus
 
 See Also: cephalochordate, genus Amphioxus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lance"let\, n. [Lance + -let.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small fishlike animal ({Amphioxus lanceolatus}), remarkable
for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type
of the class Leptocardia. See {Amphioxus}, {Leptocardia}.
 

 

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