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单词 lancelet
释义 lancelet|ˈlɑːnslɪt, -æ-|
Also 6 lancelette, launcelet, -lot, 9 lancelot.
[f. lance n.1 + -let.]
1. A lancet. Obs.
1573Baret Alv. L 77 A Lancelette or like instrument, scalprum chirurgicum.1589Rider Eng.-Lat. Dict. s.v. Launce, A Launcelot to cut wounds, smilium.1593G. Harvey New Letter 12 Pierces Supererogation..is lest beholding to the penknife: Nashes S. Fame hath somewhat more of the launcelet.1656Blount Glossogr., Launcelot, or Lancelot.
2. Zool. A small fish-like animal; = Amphioxus.
1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes II. 468 The Lancelet, Amphioxus lanceolatus.1846Carpenter Physiol. 382 The Amphioxus or Lancelot.1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 450/2 In the..lancelet the only vestige of a distinct hepatic organ is a large cœcum.1859Darwin Orig. Spec. iv. (1873) 99 Members of the shark family would not tend to supplant the lancelet.
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