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Meaning Of Leptocardia
n. pl.
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.