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1. (n.) lancelet
any small, lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and numerous gill slits.
Etymology: (1565–75)
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1. (noun) lancelet, amphioxus
small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
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1. (noun) lancelet
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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