CHORDATE


Meaning of CHORDATE in English

[chor.date] n [ultim. fr. L chorda cord] (1897): any of a phylum (Chordata) of animals having at least at some stage of development a notochord, dorsally situated central nervous system, and gill clefts and including the vertebrates, lancelets, and tunicates -- chordate adj

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