Chordata

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin chorda (“cord, string”).

Pronunciation

• English:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɔːˈdeɪtə/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /kɔɹˈdɑdɑ/

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Proper noun

Chordata

1. Animals having a notochord at some stage of their development
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Deuterostomia.
   2. A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Deuterostomia.

Hypernyms

• (phylum in infrakingdom): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Cephalochordata, Myxini, Urochordata, Vertebrata - subphyla; Chordata Craniata - clade
• (phylum in infrakingdom): Cephalochordata, Urochordata, Vertebrata (= Craniata) - subphyla

Translations

a taxonomic phylum, within superphylum Deuterostomia

• Finnish: selkäjänteiset (fi)
• French: chordés (fr) m pl (chordé (fr) m sg), cordés (fr) m pl (cordé (fr) m sg)
• German: Chordatiere (de) f pl, Chordata (de) n pl
• Japanese: 脊索動物門 (せきさくどうぶつもん, sekisaku dōbutsu-mon)
• Persian: طنابداران (tanâbdârân), مازه‌داران (mâze-dârân)
• Tamil: முதுகுநாணிகள் (mutukunāṇikaḷ)

References

• Chordata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chordata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chordata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chordata at the Tree of Life Web Project