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Chordate

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Noun

1. chordate

any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

Adjective

2. chordate

of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chordate

see synonyms of chordate
noun
1. 
any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
adjective
2. 
of, relating to, or belonging to the Chordata

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Chordate

see synonyms of chordate
noun
any of a phylum (Chordata) of animals having at some stage of development a notochord, gill slits, and a dorsal tubular nerve cord: the phylum includes the vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chordate

see synonyms of chordate
n.
Any of numerous animals of the phylum Chordata, having at some stage of development a dorsal nerve cord, a notochord, and gill slits and including all vertebrates, the hagfishes, and certain marine animals such as the lancelets and the tunicates.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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