lancelet

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone of subphylum Cephalochordata of order Amphioxiformes
2. noun of subphylum Cephalochordata of order Amphioxiformes
3. noun of order Amphioxiformes

Similar words

amphioxus cephalochordate branchiostoma branchiostomid lancefish lanceoporid sandlance lamellibranchiate sand lance lanceolate

Often followed by

and or is has branchiostoma to

Word family

amphioxus lancelets