Chordata


[kawr-dey-tuh, -dah-] /kɔrˈdeɪ tə, -ˈdɑ-/

noun, Zoology.
1.
the phylum comprising the .

1880, Modern Latin, from Latin chorda “cord, string” (see cord (n.)) + ending from Vertebrata.

Chordata Chor·da·ta (kôr-dā’tə)
n.
The phylum of animals whose members have a single dorsal nerve cord and a notochord and gill slits during some stage in their development.

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