cephalochordate

English

Etymology

From translingual Cephalochordata, by surface analysis, cephalo- +‎ chordate.

Noun

cephalochordate (plural cephalochordates)

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

cephalochordate (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to these creatures.