CHORDATE


Meaning of CHORDATE in English

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

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Latin chorda cord

Date: 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 adjective

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