Epichordal

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

  Epichordal \Ep`i*chor"dal\, a. [Pref. epi- + chordal.] (Anat.)
     Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral
     column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord,
     as distinguished from a {perichordal} column, which develops
     around it.
     [1913 Webster]