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Chordata
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Chor`da´ta
n. pl.1.(Zool.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
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Noun1.Chordata - comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochordChordata - comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
phylum Chordata
animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
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
Cephalochordata, subphylum Cephalochordata - lancelets
subphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata - tunicates
Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
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