AMPHIOXUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal
   • primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
   Synonym(s)
   • lancelet (what does lancelet mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) amphioxus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cephalochordate (what does cephalochordate mean?)