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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 am·phi·ox·us /ˌæm(p)fiˈɑksəs/
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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 am·phi·ox·us /ˌæm(p)fɪˈɑksəs/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Am·phi·ox·us n.  Zool. 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, vertebræ, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 amphioxus
      n : small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal;
          primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet]
      [also: amphioxi (pl)]