cephalochordate
[ sef-uh-loh-kawr-deyt ]
/ ˌsɛf ə loʊˈkɔr deɪt /
adjective
belonging or pertaining to the Cephalochordata.
noun
any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having fishlike characters but lacking a spinal column, comprising the lancelets.
Words nearby cephalochordate
cephalization,
cephalo-,
cephalocaudal axis,
cephalocele,
cephalocentesis,
cephalochordate,
cephalodynia,
cephalogyric,
cephalohematocele,
cephalohematoma,
cephalom.
British Dictionary definitions for cephalochordate
cephalochordate
/ (ˌsɛfələʊˈkɔːdeɪt) /
noun
any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; a lancelet
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to the Cephalochordata
Scientific definitions for cephalochordate
cephalochordate
[ sĕf′ə-lə-kôr′dāt′ ]
A member of the subphylum Cephalochordata of the phylum Chordata, whose only living species are the lancelets. See more at lancelet. Compare hemichordate.