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GENUS AMPHIOXUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Amphioxus mean?
• GENUS AMPHIOXUS (noun)
The noun GENUS AMPHIOXUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Amphioxidae
Familiarity information: GENUS AMPHIOXUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Amphioxidae
Classified under:
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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