PROTOCHORDATE


Meaning of PROTOCHORDATE in English

/proh'toh kawr"dayt/ , n. Zool.

any of the nonvertebrate chordates, as the tunicates, cephalochordates, and hemichordates.

[ 1890-95; Protochordata name of the group; see PROTO-, CHORDATE ]

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