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Meaning of "lancelet" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LANCELET

Referring to the slender shape.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LANCELET

lancelet  [ˈlɑːnslɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LANCELET

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exclamation
Lancelet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LANCELET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lancelet

The lancelets, also known as amphioxus, comprise some thirty-two species of fish-like marine chordates with a global distribution in shallow temperate and tropical seas, usually found half-buried in sand. They are the modern representatives of the subphylum Cephalochordata, formerly thought to be the sister group of the craniates. In Asia, they are harvested commercially as food for humans and domesticated animals. They are an important object of study in zoology as they provide indications about the origins of the vertebrates. Lancelets serve as an intriguing comparison point for tracing how vertebrates have evolved and adapted. Although lancelets split from vertebrates more than 520 million years ago, their genomes hold clues about evolution, particularly how vertebrates have employed old genes for new functions. They are regarded as similar to the archetypal vertebrate form. The Amphioxiformes are often called "amphioxus". Amphioxus is an obsolete synonym of the genus Branchiostoma. It is used as a common name along with "lancelet", especially in the English language. The genome of the Florida lancelet has been sequenced.

Definition of lancelet in the English dictionary

The definition of lancelet in the dictionary is any of several marine animals of the genus Branchiostoma, esp B. lanceolatus, that are closely related to the vertebrates: subphylum Cephalochordata Also called: amphioxus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LANCELET


bracelet
ˈbreɪslɪt
bullet
ˈbʊlɪt
chocolate
ˈtʃɒkəlɪt
corselet
ˈkɔːslɪt
corselette
ˈkɔːslɪt
corslet
ˈkɔːslɪt
crosslet
ˈkrɒslɪt
gaslit
ˈɡæslɪt
lit
lɪt
palette
ˈpælɪt
princelet
ˈprɪnslɪt
scarlet
ˈskɑːlɪt
slit
slɪt
split
splɪt
tablet
ˈtæblɪt
template
ˈtɛmplɪt
toilet
ˈtɔɪlɪt
verselet
ˈvɜːslɪt
violet
ˈvaɪəlɪt
wallet
ˈwɒlɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LANCELET

lance
lance corporal
lance rest
lance sergeant
lancegay
lancejack
Lancelot
lanceolar
lanceolate
lanceolately
lancer
lancers
lancet
lancet arch
lancet fish
lancet window
lanceted
lancewood
Lanchow
lanciers

WORDS THAT END LIKE LANCELET

ankle bracelet
bandelet
capelet
charm bracelet
eyelet
flannelet
lobelet
mantelet
Michelet
miquelet
murrelet
notelet
omelet
pikelet
platelet
rondelet
spikelet
valvelet
wavelet
Western omelet

Synonyms and antonyms of lancelet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lancelet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LANCELET

Find out the translation of lancelet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lancelet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lancelet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文昌鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anfioxo
570 millions of speakers

English

lancelet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lancelet
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرميح حيوان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ланцетник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lancelet
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lancelet
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lancelet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lancelet
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lanzettfisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ナメクジウオ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lancelet
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lancelet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lancelet
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஈட்டி மீன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भटके
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lancelet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Lancelet
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lancelet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ланцетник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lancelet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lancelet
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lancelet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lancelet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lancelet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lancelet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LANCELET»

The term «lancelet» is normally little used and occupies the 115.291 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LANCELET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lancelet

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LANCELET»

Discover the use of lancelet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lancelet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Merchant of Venice
OLD GOBBO Your worship's friend and Lancelet, sir. LANCELET But I pray you, ergo old man, ergo I beseech you, talk you of young Master Lancelet. OLD GOBBO Of Lancelet, an't please your mastership. LANCELET Ergo, Master Lancelet.
William Shakespeare, Cedric Watts, 2000
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Aquatic Life of the World: Iceberg-Manatee and dugong
The transparent larva of a lancelet. Unlike the adults, which can burrow and swim forward and backward, lancelet larvae can only drift in ocean currents as plankton. SEE ALSO • Invertebrate • Nervous system • Sea squirt • Vertebrate ▽ This ...
‎2001
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Study Guides: William Shakespeare:
Act Two, Scene Two In Venice, Lancelet Gobbo, a clown and Shylock's servant, debates whether or nothe canrun away from Shylock. On one hand, his conscience tells him to stay, but the devil on his shoulder tells and tempts him to run.
BookCaps, 2014
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The Merchant of Venice
45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 LANCELET Talk you of young Master Lancelet?— Mark me now, now will I raise the waters.— Talk you of young Master Lancelet? GOBBO No master, sir, but a poor man's son. His father, though I say't, is an honest ...
Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen, 2010
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The Merchant of Venice Companion (Includes Study Guide, ...
In Venice, Lancelet Gobbo,a clown and Shylock's servant, debates whether or not he can run away from Shylock. On one hand, his conscience tells him to stay, but the devilonhis shoulder tellsand temptshim to run. Hetalks himself around and ...
William Shakespeare, 2012
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Textual Formations and Reformations
To take a single example: in every edition of Merchant between 1709 and 1992, the Clown speaks under the name of "Lancelot" — this despite the fact that all the quartos and folios give the character's name as "Lancelet" — not in speech ...
Laurie E. Maguire, Thomas L. Berger, 1998
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
As for what it looked like, I don't think we shall ever know for certain, but it is not implausible that Concestor 23 really may have been quite like a lancelet. If that is so, it is equivalent to saying that the lancelet is primitive. But that demands an ...
Richard Dawkins, 2005
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Evolutionary Biology from Concept to Application
As a legacy from this tradition, the parallelism Owen (1866) established between the lancelet and the archetype of the vertebrates contributed to viewing the lancelet as a transitional form assembling some features of invertebrates, but all ...
Pierre Pontarotti, 2008
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The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology
Hundreds of papers about lancelet anatomy and embryology were published, largely motivated by a debate among three influential German biologists, Ernst Haeckel, Karl Semper, and Anton Dorn. Sempel and Dorn proposed that vertebrates ...
Gene Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey, 2009
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Development of Auditory and Vestibular Systems-3: Molecular ...
Neurogenin-like genes have been identified in insects and the lancelet (Holland et al., 2000). These data could simply indicate that gene multiplication has already in urbilaterians generated various bHLH genes (Dehal et al., 2002).
Raymond Romand, Isabel Varela-Nieto, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LANCELET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lancelet is used in the context of the following news items.
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Extreme Exterminators Lets You Shoot Giant Insects [Interview]
Extreme Exterminators is a fun, snarky ride into the town of New Lancelet where we give you all the tools of destruction needed to wreak havoc ... «Gosu Tech, Jul 15»
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Review: The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare's comedy of cruelty
Lancelet Gobbo (Michael Cullen) adopts playful accents to convey the conflict between his inner devil and his conscience, while Jonathan ... «The Conversation AU, May 15»
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Review: The Rogue's 'The Merchant of Venice' is only skin deep
The biggest one: Marissa Garcia's Lancelet. The character has a few of what could be the best — and certainly the funniest — scenes, ... «Arizona Daily Star, May 15»
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Two released on bail after appearing in court in connection with …
Michael O'Donnell, 46, of Lock Lane, Sidmouth, and Nicholas Jeffries, 52, of Lancelet Road, Exeter, appeared at Exeter Magistrates Court on ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Apr 15»
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UPDATE: Exeter man and Sidmouth man charged after Sidmouth …
Michael O'Donnell, 46, of Lock Lane, Sidmouth, and Nicholas Jeffries, 52, of Lancelet Road, Exeter, were last night charged with aggravated ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Apr 15»
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China's Prisoners Organ Ban Signifies Progress in Human Rights …
A group of medical professionals from the U.S., the U.K. and Australia wrote to The Lancelet, a medical journal, that "current statements from ... «Yibada, Mar 15»
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Scripps Scientists to be Honored with Prestigious International …
... are being recognized for advancing and modernizing the science of amphioxus, a small, worm-like marine animal also known as a lancelet. «Newswise, Jan 15»
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BWW Reviews: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Almeida Theatre …
They get plenty of excellent support, in which Jamie Beamish stands out as Lancelet, a compulsive Elvis impersonator, whose shoes you would ... «Broadway World, Dec 14»
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4 start-ups compete for Emergent Labs grant
... a highly innovative app in which users compete against the biggest and baddest bugs to save the City of New Lancelet from total destruction. «Fond du Lac Reporter, Dec 14»
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How Did Brains Evolve?
If the sea squirt was a better example of a vertebrate ancestor than the lancelet, maybe the sea squirt harbored that unidentified ancestor of ... «io9, Nov 14»

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