Cephalochordate

Word CEPHALOCHORDATE
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Definitions and meanings of "Cephalochordate"

What do we mean by 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 noun

Of or pertaining to these creatures. adjective

Fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column noun

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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The word "cephalochordate" in example sentences

In the middle is a cephalochordate, Amphioxus, also a filter feeder, but capable of free swimming. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the invertebrate cephalochordate Amphioxus, there is a family of very immunoglobulin like-molecules, Variable domain Chitin Binding Proteins, which are involved in innate immunity. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In summary, the cephalochordate affinity of Pikaia is at best only weakly indicated by the characters visible in fossils discovered so far. ❋ Unknown (2005)

FGFRL1, the gene for the fifth member of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family, is found in all vertebrates from fish to man and in the cephalochordate amphioxus. ❋ Lei Zhuang (2009)

ther diminishes the credibility of the cephalochordate—echinoderm link ❋ Unknown (2007)

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