ALL meanings of chordate
chor·date
C c - noun chordate any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits 3
- adjective chordate of, relating to, or belonging to the Chordata 3
- noun chordate any of a phylum (Chordata) of animals having at some stage of development a notochord, gill slits, and a dorsal tubular nerve cord: the phylum includes the vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets 3
- adjective chordate belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates. 1
- noun chordate a chordate animal. 1
- noun chordate An animal of the large phylum Chordata, comprising the vertebrates together with the sea squirts and lancelets. 1
- noun chordate A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine. 0
- adjective chordate Of such animals. 0