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SUBPHYLUM CEPHALOCHORDATA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Lancelets

Synonyms:

Cephalochordata; subphylum Cephalochordata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("subphylum Cephalochordata" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "subphylum Cephalochordata"):

cephalochordate (fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column)

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

Holonyms ("subphylum Cephalochordata" is a member of...):

Chordata; phylum Chordata (comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord)

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