Associations to the word «Chordate»

Wiktionary

CHORDATE, noun. A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine
CHORDATE, adjective. Of such animals.

Dictionary definition

CHORDATE, noun. Any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column.
CHORDATE, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata.

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