cephalochordates

A form of cephalochordate — Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancelets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochordates, reaches into the head, contrary to the Urochordata

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noun
  1. pluralplural of cephalochordate
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