anfioxo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈok.su/ [ɐ̃.fɪˈok.su], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˈfjok.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈok.su/ [ɐ̃.fɪˈok.su], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˈfjok.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈok.so/ [ɐ̃.fɪˈok.so], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˈfjok.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈfjo.ksu/

• Hyphenation: an‧fi‧o‧xo

Noun

anfioxo m (plural anfioxos)

1. lancelet; amphioxus (any of the primitive marine animals of subphylum Cephalochordata)

Further reading

• “anfioxo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “anfioxo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025