HEMICHORDATE


Meaning of HEMICHORDATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈkȯr-dət, -ˈkȯr-ˌdāt ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Hemichordata, from hemi- + Chordata chordates

Date: 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.