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Noun: lancelet  lãn(t)s-lut
  1. Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
    - amphioxus

Derived forms: lancelets

Type of: cephalochordate

Part of: genus Amphioxus

Encyclopedia: Lancelet

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Lancaster
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