Definition of Ammocete

1. the larva of a lamprey [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ammocete

ammelide aminohydrolase
ammer
ammers
ammeter
ammeters
ammetre
ammetres
ammine
ammines
ammino
ammiral
ammirals
ammite
ammo
ammobium
ammocete (current term)
ammocetes
ammochryse
ammocoete
ammocoetes
ammodyte
ammodytes
ammolite
ammonaemia
ammonal
ammonals
ammonia
ammonia-lyases
ammonia alum

Literary usage of Ammocete

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1847)
"The independent character of the ear-capsules, for example, is manifest on their first appearance in the ammocete ; and, ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"4: but in the Lamprey and ammocete they are nearly circular. In the Myxine, however, they are elliptic, and some are fusiform. They present the largest size ..."

3. Outlines of Physiology, Human and Comparative by John Marshall (1868)
"... in the sturgeon, ammocete, and amphioxus, no teeth exist. The teeth of Fishes, as already indicated, are by no means limited to the premaxillary and ..."

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