Definition of Chordata. Meaning of Chordata. Synonyms of Chordata

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Definition of Chordata

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

Meaning of Chordata from wikipedia

- (/ˈkɔːrdeɪt/ KOR-dayt) is a bilaterian animal belonging to the phylum Chordata (/kɔːrˈdeɪtə/ kor-DAY-tə). All chordates possess, at some point during...
- subphylum of phylum Angio****e and vertebrates as a subphylum of phylum Chordata. Subphylum is: subordinate to the phylum superordinate to the infraphylum...
- some 65,000 species, by far the largest ranked grouping in the phylum Chordata. The vertebrates include mammals, birds, amphibians, and various classes...
- Olfactores is a clade within the Chordata that comprises the Tunicata (Urochordata) and the Vertebrata[citation needed] (sometimes referred to as Craniata)...
- List of bird genera concerns the chordata class of aves or birds, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-s****ed eggs, and...
- The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain, spinal cord and retina. The CNS is so named because...
- Chlanidota chordata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. Chlanidota chordata (Strebel, 1908)...
- Turritella chordata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae. Suter, 1908, Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. 8. World Register...
- identified 6,702 (5,913 Animalia (1 Annelida, 1,328 Arthropoda, 3,814 Chordata, 149 Cnidaria, 617 Mollusca, 3 Nemertina, 1 Onychophora), 780 Plantae,...
- Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a con****uous and relatively...