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chord |
chorda |
chordal |
chordamesoderm |
chordata |
chordate
| chordate family
| chordate genus
| chordee
| chordeiles
| chorditis
chordate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chordate has 1 sense
- chordate(n = noun.animal) Array - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column; Array is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
is a member of chordata, phylum chordata
has particulars: cephalochordate, tunicate, urochord, urochordate, craniate, vertebrate
Derived form adjective chordate1
Adjective chordate has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chordate, n. & adj.
--n. any animal of the phylum Chordata, possessing a notochord at some stage during its development.
--adj. of or relating to the chordates.
--n. any animal of the phylum Chordata, possessing a notochord at some stage during its development.
--adj. of or relating to the chordates.
Etymology
mod.L chordata f. L chorda CHORD(2) after Vertebrata etc.
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