1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
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