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AMPHIOXIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Amphioxidae mean?
• AMPHIOXIDAE (noun)
The noun AMPHIOXIDAE has 1 sense:
1. lancelets
Familiarity information: AMPHIOXIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lancelets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Amphioxidae; Branchiostomidae; family Amphioxidae; family Branchiostomidae
Hypernyms ("Amphioxidae" is a kind of...):
chordate family (any family in the phylum Chordata)
Meronyms (members of "Amphioxidae"):
genus Amphioxus (type genus of the Amphioxidae)
Holonyms ("Amphioxidae" is a member of...):
Cephalochordata; subphylum Cephalochordata (lancelets)
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