chordate

English Thesaurus

1. any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna,
definition	:	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	cephalochordate,
definition	:	fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	tunicate, urochord, urochordate,
definition	:	primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	craniate, vertebrate,
definition	:	animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	chordata, phylum chordata,
definition	:	comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord (noun.animal)

derivation	:	chordate,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata (adj.pert)

2. of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	chordata, phylum chordata,
definition	:	comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord (noun.animal)

derivation	:	chordate,
definition	:	any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column (noun.animal)

3. any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column (noun.animal)

derivation	:	chordate,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata (adj.pert)

4. of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	chordata, phylum chordata,
definition	:	comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord (noun.animal)

derivation	:	chordate,
definition	:	any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column (noun.animal)