The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chorda \Chor"da\, n. [NL., fr. L. chorda. See Chord.] (Anat.) A cord.
Chorda dorsalis. [NL., lit., cord of the back.] (Anat.) See Notochord.
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Chorda is a genus of thalloid brown algae including two species. Its members are known by a number of common names including: mermaid's fishing line, tsurumo, ruálach, doruithe briain, sea laces, mermaids line, roccálach, ruadhálach, gemeine meersaite, bootlace weed, seatwine, zottige meersaite, dead men's ropes, mermaid's tresses, cat gut and sea lace.
Usage examples of "chorda".
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.