GENUS AMPHIOXUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Amphioxidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Amphioxus" is a kind of...):

chordate genus (any genus in the phylum Chordata)

Meronyms (members of "genus Amphioxus"):

amphioxus; lancelet (small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates)

Holonyms ("genus Amphioxus" is a member of...):

Amphioxidae; Branchiostomidae; family Amphioxidae; family Branchiostomidae (lancelets)

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