ALL meanings of cephalochordate
ceph·a·lo·chor·date
C c - noun cephalochordate any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; lancelet 3
- adjective cephalochordate of, relating to, or belonging to the Cephalochordata 3
- adjective cephalochordate of a subphylum (Cephalochordata) of small, fishlike chordates that have a permanent notochord extending from the anterior to the posterior end 3
- noun cephalochordate any animal of this subphylum; amphioxus; lancelet 3
- adjective cephalochordate belonging or pertaining to the Cephalochordata. 1
- noun cephalochordate any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having fishlike characters but lacking a spinal column, comprising the lancelets. 1
- noun cephalochordate Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochordates, reaches into the head, contrary to the Urochordata. 1
- noun 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. 0
- adjective cephalochordate Of or pertaining to these creatures. 0