asymmetron

\\āˈsimə.ˌträn\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, neuter of asymmetros

: a genus of lancelets (family Epigonichthyidae) differing from Branchiostoma in having asymmetrical metapleura and but one series of gonads, the right — compare amphioxus

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Asymmetron /-simˈə-tron/ noun

One of the genera of marine organisms making up the lancelets

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Main Entry: ↑asymmetry