chordate

English - Turkish

Definition of chordate in English Turkish dictionary

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English - English

Definition of chordate in English English dictionary

A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine

Of such animals

Any member of the phylum Chordata, which includes the most highly evolved animals, the vertebrates, as well as the marine invertebrate cephalochordates (see amphioxus) and tunicates. All chordates, at some time in their life cycle, possess a dorsal supporting rod (notochord), gill slits, and a dorsal nerve cord. Unlike vertebrates, tunicates and cephalochordates lack any kind of brain or skeleton. Chordate bodies consist of a body wall encasing a gut, with a space between called the coelom. The body is usually long and bilaterally symmetrical, with the mouth and sense organs at the front end

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

of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata

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

{i} member of the phylum Chordata that comprises the most highly developed animals (vertebrates, Craniata, marine invertebrate, etc.)

Related Terms

chordate family

any family in the phylum Chordata

chordate genus

any genus in the phylum Chordata

chordates

plural of chordate

Hyphenation

chor·date

Etymology

[ 'kor-"dAt, -d&t ] (noun.) 1897. ultimately from Latin chorda cord.