Definitions for Chordata

Chordata Chor·da·ta

Spelling: [kawr-dey-tuh, -dah-]
IPA: /kɔrˈdeɪ tə, -ˈdɑ-/

Chordata is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 245 anagrams from letters in Chordata (aacdhort).

Definitions for Chordata

noun

  1. the phylum comprising the chordates.

Origin of Chordata

1875-80; New Latin, equivalent to chord(a) (see chord1) + Latin -āta, neuter plural of -ātus -ate

Examples for Chordata

Is such an element to be recognized in the head of the Chordata?

The epiblast in a large number of Chordata arises as a single row of more or less columnar cells.

The most characteristic organ of the Chordata is without doubt the notochord.

It may be convenient to shew in a definite way the bearing of the above speculations on the phylogeny of the Chordata.

All the vertebrates are included in a single phylum—Chordata.

Perforating gills (of vertebrates and other Chordata), 142, 144.

In the Chordata at any rate the nerves arise as outgrowths of the central organ.

The formation of the cerebrospinal axis of the Chordata from the medullary plate has already been treated at length (pp. 301-304).

This is the case with the larv of the Myriapoda, the Crustacean larv, and with the larval forms of the Chordata.

This feature in the development is a nearly certain indication that the Chordata are a very primitive stock.

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