PROTOCHORDATE

Meaning of PROTOCHORDATE in English

adjective or noun

see protochordata

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PROTOCHORDATE — /proh'toh kawr"dayt/ , n. Zool. any of the nonvertebrate chordates, as the tunicates, cephalochordates, and hemichordates. [ 1890-95; Protochordata name …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PROTOCHORDATE — any member of either of two invertebrate subphyla of the phylum Chordata: the Tunicata (sea squirts, salps, etc.) and the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PROCHORDATE — I. “+ adjective Etymology: New Latin Prochordata : protochordate II. noun : protochordate
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEMICHORDATE — any of a group of wormlike marine invertebrates closely related to the chordates and sometimes considered to constitute a phylum, …
Britannica English vocabulary