chordata

2 definitions found

chordata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chordata \Chor*da"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.] (Zool.)
     A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata
     together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal
     nervous cord.
     [1913 Webster]

chordata - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Chordata
      n 1: comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
           [syn: Chordata, phylum Chordata]