Chordata

[ kawr-dey-tuh, -dah- ]

nounZoology.

Origin of Chordata

1875–80; <New Latin, equivalent to chord(a) (see chord¹) + Latin -āta, neuter plural of -ātus-ate¹

The higher animals begin with the twelfth phylum, namely, the Chordata, or vertebrates.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
Is such an element to be recognized in the head of the Chordata?
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) | Francis Maitland Balfour
So we see that the Arthropods, unlike the worms and the Chordata, have obliterated all record of their poor relations.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. Lindsay
Let us now consider some other creatures that resemble vertebrates in some ways, and help to form the group of Chordata.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. Lindsay
Perforating gills (of vertebrates and other Chordata), 142, 144.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. Lindsay

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