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cephalochordate

The correct spelling is cephalochordate.

How to pronounce cephalochordate

noun

Say it like: Sef-alo-cho-rda-te

The correct spelling is cephalochordate. Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancelets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochor…

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noun

  1. 1.Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancelets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochordates, reaches into the head, contrary to the Urochordata

adjective

  1. 1.Of or pertaining to these creatures.

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