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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
leptocardia \lep`tocar"dia\ le^p`t-okaumr"di^.a,
n. pl. nl., fr. gr. lepto`s small + kardi`a the heart.
zool.
the lowest class of vertebrata, including only the amphioxus.
the heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel.
the blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs
are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a
simple, unsegmented notochord. see amphioxus. written also
leptocardii.
1913 webster
see also:
amphioxus leptocardii
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