family branchiostomidae

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   lancelets

   SynonymsAmphioxidaefamily AmphioxidaeBranchiostomidae

   Broaderchordate family

   Part ofCephalochordata

Questions about family branchiostomidae

What does family branchiostomidae mean?

family branchiostomidae means "lancelets".

What is another word for family branchiostomidae?

Close synonyms include Amphioxidae, family Amphioxidae, Branchiostomidae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family branchiostomidae a common word?

family branchiostomidae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.