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Phylum of humans
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chordata
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Word definitions for chordata in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1880, Modern Latin, from Latin chorda "cord, string" (see cord (n.)) + ending from Vertebrata .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chordata \Chor*da"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.] (Zo["o]l.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
Usage examples of chordata.
It reaches the pinnacle of its development in the Phylum80 Chordata, the one to which we ourselves belong.
The special position of Chordata with respect to the nervous system is shown in the very nature of the nerve cord.
The Phylum Chordata is divided into four subphyla, of which three are represented today by primitive creatures that are not very successful in the scheme of life.
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Primata, Anthropoidiae, but after that it looks kind of dubious.
Chordata, and we developed directly from the phylum Echinodermata, or the starfish.