HEMICHORDATE


Meaning of HEMICHORDATE in English

n.

Pronunciation: - ' ko ̇ r-d ə t, - ' ko ̇ r- ˌ d ā t

Function: 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

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