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Lancet vs Cephalochordate - What's the difference?

lancet | cephalochordate |

As nouns the difference between lancet and cephalochordate

is that lancet is a sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc while cephalochordate is any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum cephalochordata , including the lancets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochordates, reaches into the head, contrary to the urochordata.

As an adjective cephalochordate is

of or pertaining to these creatures.

lancet

English

Alternative forms

* launcet (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
  • (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
  • (Knight)

    Hyponyms

    * (sharp surgical instrument)

    Derived terms

    * lancet arch * (ichthyological) lancetfish

    References

    * Webster's International Dictionary 1902.

    Anagrams

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    cephalochordate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata , including the lancets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochordates, reaches into the head, contrary to the Urochordata
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to these creatures.