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urochordate

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u·ro·chor·date  (yr-kôrdt)
n.
A chordate marine animal of the subphylum Urochordata; a tunicate.
adj.
Having a urochord.
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Noun1.urochordate - primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larvaurochordate - primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
tunicate, urochord
chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
subphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata - tunicates
ascidian - minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
salp, salpa - minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end
doliolum - free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body
larvacean - any member of the class Larvacea
appendicularia - free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates
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