Chordata

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chordata \Chor*da"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.] (Zool.)
     A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata
     together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal
     nervous cord.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Chordata
       n : comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
           [syn: {phylum Chordata}]