urochordate
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u·ro·chor·date
(yo͝or′ə-kôr′dāt)n.
A tunicate.
[uro- + chord (from the notochord present in the caudal region of tunicates' larval stage ) + -ate.]
u′ro·chor′date adj.
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u•ro•chor•date
(ˌyʊər əˈkɔr deɪt)adj.
1. having a urochord.
n. 2. tunicate.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 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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