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n. Any of numerous animals belonging to the phylum Chordata, having at some stage of development a dorsal nerve cord, a notochord, and gill slits and including all vertebrates and certain marine animals, such as the lancelets.

n. A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine

adj. Of such animals.

Having the characters of the Chordata; pertaining to or resembling the Chordata: as, a chordate animal.

n. any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata

"In contrast, a region deep in the brain associated with reward processing, attention and motor movements - the chordate nucleus - was enlarged in subjects who were addicted to the drug."

beast    brute    fauna    creature    animate being    animal   

craniate    tunicate    vertebrate    cephalochordate    urochordate    urochord   

nine-fingered    weazen-faced    doubled-up    fibreglass    isoquinoline    durasteel    tyrannosaurus    round-shaped    domiciliary    000-year-old