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Leptocardia

CIDE DICTIONARY

Leptocardian. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lepto`s small + kardi`a the heart.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

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