chordate
pronunciation
How to pronounce chordate in British English:
UK ['kɔ:deɪt]
How to pronounce chordate in American English:
US ['kɔˌdeɪt]
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- Noun:
- any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata
Word Origin
- chordate
- 1885, noun and adjective, from Chordata.
Example
- 1. The latest study resolves a debate about whether it is the first member of the chordate family .
- 2. Dean 's area of expertise is conodonts , an obscure group of microfossils thought to have been an extinct animal called the chordate - which , judging from the pictures , looked a bit like a worm .