Chordata
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Latin chorda (“chord, catgut, string”)
[edit] Proper noun
Chordata
- A taxonomic phylum, within superphylum Deuterostomia - animals having a notochord at some stage of their development.
[edit] Translations
a taxonomic phylum, within superphylum Deuterostomia
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[edit] See also
- subphyla
- Cephalochordata (animals with no cranium)
- Myxini (hagfishes)
- Urochordata (sea squirts etc)
- Vertebrata (animals with a backbone)