Associations to the word «Lancelet»

Wiktionary

LANCELET, noun. Any of a group of primitive marine animals, of subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord instead of a backbone

Dictionary definition

LANCELET, noun. Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats