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单词 amphioxus
释义

Amphioxusn.

/æmfɪˈɒksəs/
Etymology: modern Latin < Greek ἀμϕί on both sides + ὀξύς sharp, i.e. sharpened or tapering at both ends.
Zool.
A genus of fishes, consisting of a single species, called also the Lancelet, which is placed at the very bottom of the series, and has even been denied to be a vertebrate animal.
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Amphioxus1836
lancelet1836
cephalochordate1904
1836 Yarrell in Penny Cycl. 1st Supp. 233/1 The Lancelet, Amphioxus lanceolatus.
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool. §585 The most imperfectly formed of all Fish is, probably, the Amphioxus or Lancelet.
1881 Athenæum 15 Jan. 98/2 We cannot regard Amphioxus as a fish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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