HEMICHORDATE


Meaning of HEMICHORDATE in English

[hemi.chor.date] n [NL Hemichordata, fr. hemi- + Chordata chordates] (1885): any of a phylum (Hemichordata) of wormlike marine animals (as an acorn worm) that have in the proboscis an outgrowth of the pharyngeal wall which superficially resembles the notochord of chordates

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