chordate
[kawr-deyt]Zoology
- belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
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- a chordate animal.
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Origin of chordate
First recorded in 1885–90; see origin at Chordata
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chordate
- any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
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- of, relating to, or belonging to the Chordata
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Word Origin
C19: from Medieval Latin chordata; see chord 1 + -ate 1
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Word Origin and History for chordate
1885, noun and adjective, from Chordata.
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chordate
(kôr′dāt′, -dĭt)- An animal of the phylum Chordata, which includes all vertebrates.
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chordate
[kôr′dāt′]
- Any of a large group of animals of the phylum Chordata, having at some stage of development a notochord (flexible spinal column) and nerve cord running along the back, a tail stretching above and behind the anus, and gill slits. Chordates probably evolved before the Cambrian Period and are related to the hemichordates, echinoderms, and chaetognaths. The vertebrates, tunicates, and cephalochordates are the three main groups of chordates.
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