chordate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Chordata.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːdeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/
- Homophones: cordate; caudate (non-rhotic)
Noun
chordate (plural chordates)
- A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
Derived terms
Translations
a member of the phylum Chordata
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Adjective
chordate (not comparable)
- Of such animals.
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