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Definition of Amphioxidae
1. Noun. Lancelets.
Exact synonyms: Branchiostomidae, Family Amphioxidae, Family Branchiostomidae
Generic synonyms: Chordate Family
Group relationships: Cephalochordata, Subphylum Cephalochordata
Member holonyms: Genus Amphioxus
Generic synonyms: Chordate Family
Group relationships: Cephalochordata, Subphylum Cephalochordata
Member holonyms: Genus Amphioxus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphioxidae
Literary usage of Amphioxidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Last Link: Our Present Knowledge of the Descent of Man by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, Hans Gadow (1898)
"If the Amphioxidae had through some unfortunate accident become extinct, we should
not have been able to gain anything like a positive glimpse at our most ..."
2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1855)
"... constitute but one family, that of Amphioxidae (Lancelet), which has no
representatives in North America. ..."
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