English > Chordata: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | Comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord. |
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Synonym | phylum Chordata |
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Member of | Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals |
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Members | Cephalochordata, subphylum Cephalochordata | lancelets |
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Urochordata, subphylum Urochordata, Urochorda, subphylum Urochorda, Tunicata, subphylum Tunicata | tunicates |
Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata | fishes |
chordate | Any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column |
chordate family | Any family in the phylum Chordata |
chordate genus | Any genus in the phylum Chordata |
Broader | phylum | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants |
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Spanish | cordados |
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Catalan | Cordat |
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Adjectives | chordate | of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata |
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