Word Meanings - AMPHIOXUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.

• Callose
  Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
• THREEDECKER
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• Foundation
  The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
• THREEVALVED
  Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
• Generalized
  of Generalize
• Havened
  Sheltered in a haven.
• Bloodlet
  bleed; to let blood.
• Pointing
  of Point
• Blood vessel
  Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
• Skullfish
  A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.
• Brainish
  Hot-headed; furious.
• Three-pile
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
• Calligrapher
  One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.
• BLOODYHAND
  A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.
• Callosities
  of Callosity
• THREEFLOWERED
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
• Foundationer
  One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
• THREEWAY
  Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
• Generalizing
  of Generalize
• Havener
  A harbor master.

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