Chordata

[ kawr-dey-tuh, -dah- ]

noun

, Zoology.

1. the phylum comprising the chordates.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chordata¹

1875–80; < New Latin, equivalent to chord ( a ) ( chord ¹ ) + Latin -āta, neuter plural of -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The higher animals begin with the twelfth phylum, namely, the Chordata, or vertebrates.

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Is such an element to be recognized in the head of the Chordata?

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So we see that the Arthropods, unlike the worms and the Chordata, have obliterated all record of their poor relations.

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Let us now consider some other creatures that resemble vertebrates in some ways, and help to form the group of Chordata.

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Perforating gills (of vertebrates and other chordata), 142, 144.

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