Associations to the word «Chordata»

Wiktionary

CHORDATA, proper noun. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Deuterostomia   — animals having a notochord at some stage of their development.
CHORDATA CRANIATA, proper noun. A taxonomic clade within the phylum Chordata   — cordates with a bony or cartilaginous head.

Dictionary definition

CHORDATA, noun. Comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats