English > phylum Chordata: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord. |
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| Synonym | 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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