anfioxo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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)

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, 2008–2026
“anfioxo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026