chordate

Speech parts

1. chordate - Noun

2. chordate - Adjective

Meaning

any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

herbivore being animal pig beast cattle offspring organism creature mammalian vertebrate brute phylum omnivore metazoan

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Hypernyms

animal beast creature fauna brute animate being

Hyponyms

lion wolf bison cod bear cat

Phrases with the word

amphioxus chordate

Examples

Pikaia was an early chordate from the Middle Cambrian Opabinia was a creature with an unusual body plan; it was probably related to arthropods Protichnites were the trackways of arthropods that walked Cambrian beaches. Source: Internet

Thus these marine worms, described to be the sister group of the echinoderms (such as sea urchins), are of great interest for the study of the origins of chordate development. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chordamesodermal chordariaceous chordata chordate family chordate genus chorded