Definition of Amphioxidae

1. Noun. Lancelets.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphioxidae

Amoss' sign
Amounderness
Amoxil
Amoy
Ampere's law
Ampere's postulate
Amphibolips
Amphicarpa
Amphicarpa bracteata
Amphicarpaea
Amphicarpaea bracteata
Amphictyon
Amphictyonic
Amphictyons
Amphimerus
Amphioxidae (current term)
Amphiprion
Amphiprion percula
Amphisbaenia
Amphisbaenidae
Amphitryonic
Amphiumidae
Ampligase
Amrita
Amrita Nadi
Amritsar
Amsinckia
Amsinckia grandiflora
Amsinckia intermedia

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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