Definition of cephalochordates Cephalochordates

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What does cephalochordates mean?

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Noun Plural: cephalochordates
cephalochordate - fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
		chordate any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
		cephalochordata, subphylum cephalochordata lancelets

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cephalochordate (Noun)
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.
cephalochordate (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to these creatures.