cephalochordate
- Noun. Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum ''Cephalochordata'', including the lancets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochordates, reaches into the head, contrary to the Urochordata.
- Adjective. Of or pertaining to these creatures.
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