amphioxus

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for amphioxus

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amphioxus : ඇම්පියොක්සස්

amphioxus definition

Noun. A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.