cephalochordate
English edit
Etymology edit
From translingual Cephalochordata, by surface analysis, cephalo- + chordate.
Noun edit
cephalochordate (plural cephalochordates)
- 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 edit
cephalochordate (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to these creatures.