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单词 Chordata
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Definition of Chordata in English:

Chordata

plural noun kɔːˈdeɪtə-ˈdātə
Zoology
  • A large phylum of animals that includes the vertebrates together with the sea squirts and lancelets. They are distinguished by the possession of a notochord at some stage during their development.

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    Example sentencesExamples
    • Technically an invertebrate, amphioxus is classified in subphylum Protochordata, phylum Chordata.
    • The phylum Chordata comprises three subphyla - the vertebrates, the cephalochordates, such as amphioxus, and the urochordates, such as the ascidians.
    • Vertebrates are members of the larger phylum Chordata, and show all of the major chordate features at some point in their life cycles: notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail.
    • The Chordata is the animal phylum with which everyone is most intimately familiar, since it includes humans and other vertebrates.
    • The superphylum Deuterostomia contains the diverse phyla Chordata and Echinodermata and the minor phyla Hemichordata and Urochordata.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from Latin chorda (see chord2), on the pattern of words such as Vertebrata.

Definition of Chordata in US English:

Chordata

plural noun-ˈdātə
Zoology
  • A large phylum of animals that includes the vertebrates together with the sea squirts and lancelets. They are distinguished by the possession of a notochord at some stage during their development.

    〔动〕脊索动物门

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vertebrates are members of the larger phylum Chordata, and show all of the major chordate features at some point in their life cycles: notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail.
    • Technically an invertebrate, amphioxus is classified in subphylum Protochordata, phylum Chordata.
    • The Chordata is the animal phylum with which everyone is most intimately familiar, since it includes humans and other vertebrates.
    • The phylum Chordata comprises three subphyla - the vertebrates, the cephalochordates, such as amphioxus, and the urochordates, such as the ascidians.
    • The superphylum Deuterostomia contains the diverse phyla Chordata and Echinodermata and the minor phyla Hemichordata and Urochordata.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from Latin chorda (see chord), on the pattern of words such as Vertebrata.

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