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cephalochordate
any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; lancelet -
hemichordate
belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms. -
protochordate
any of the nonvertebrate chordates, as the tunicates, cephalochordates, and hemichordates. -
tunicate
Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water. -
vertebrate
having vertebrae; having a backbone or spinal column.