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amphioxus

/am-fee-ok-suhs/US // ˌæm fiˈɒk səs //UK // (ˌæmfɪˈɒksəs) //

文昌鱼,海豚,海牛,海马

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural am·phi·ox·i [am-fee-ok-sahy], /ˌæm fiˈɒk saɪ/, am·phi·ox·us·es.

    • : Zoology. lancelet.

Examples

  • The amphioxus, the bridge between invertebrates and vertebrates, is not hermaphrodite.

  • The ovum of Amphioxus contains very little food material and its segmentation is quite uniform.

  • When the egg of Amphioxus is in the blastosphere stage we cannot speak of either an epiblast or hypoblast.

  • I carefully made transverse sections of a successfully hardened Amphioxus, through the whole length of the body.

  • The arrangement of the nerves of Amphioxus, according to my own observations, is as follows.

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