Noun | 1. | chordate genus - any genus in the phylum Chordata Chordata, phylum Chordata - comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord genus Amphioxus - type genus of the Amphioxidae genus Salpa - type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae genus Doliolum - type genus of the Doliolidae genus Appendicularia - a genus of chordates in the class Larvacea genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species |