chordate

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata (synset 302706703)
Noun
  1. Any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column (synset 101468898)
    is a type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
    subtypes:
    • cephalochordate - fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
    • tunicate, urochord, urochordate - primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
    • craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
    belongs to: chordata, phylum chordata - comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord

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