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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lancelet

/lăn'-slət/ · Lance·let · IPA /lˈænslət/
01 n. A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptoc…
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    A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.(Zool.) See: Amphioxus, Leptocardia