chordate

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɔːˌdeɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kôr′dāt)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
chor•date  (kôr′dāt),USA pronunciation [Zool.]
adj. 
  1. belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.

n. 
  1. a chordate animal.
  • see Chordata 1885–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chordate /ˈkɔːˌdeɪt/ n
  1. any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
 adj
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Chordata
Etymology: 19th Century: from Medieval Latin chordata; see chord1 + -ate1
'chordate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
notochord - tunicate - vertebrate - cephalochordate - hemichordate - protochordate

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