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urochord
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun urochord has 2 senses
- urochord(n = noun.animal) tunicate, urochordate - primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva; Array is a kind of chordate
- urochord(n = noun.animal) Array - a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region; Array is a kind of notochord
is a member of subphylum tunicata, subphylum urochorda, subphylum urochordata, tunicata, urochorda, urochordata
has particulars: ascidian, salp, salpa, doliolum, larvacean, appendicularia
CIDE DICTIONARY
urochord, n. [2d uro- + chord.].
The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates. [1913 Webster]
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