
Meaning of CHORDATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kordeyt
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- [n] any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
- [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata
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| | See Also: | | animal, animate being, beast, brute, cephalochordate, Chordata, craniate, creature, fauna, phylum Chordata, tunicate, urochord, urochordate, vertebrate | |
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| | Definition: | | a member of the phylum Chordata characterized by the presence of a notochord, a dorsal hollow single nerve cord, and gill slits at some point in the life cycle. |
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