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Leptocardia

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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Leptocardia'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/leptocardia.html. 1828.
 
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