Chordata

[kawr-dey-tuh, -dah-] /kɔrˈdeɪ tə, -ˈdɑ-/

noun, Zoology

the phylum comprising the chordates.

Origin

1875-80; < Neo-Latin, equivalent to chord(a) (see chord¹) + Latin -āta, neuter plural of -ātus -ate¹

Word Origin and History for Chordata

1880, Modern Latin, from Latin chorda "cord, string" (see cord (n.)) + ending from Vertebrata.

Chordata in Medicine

Chordata Chor·da·ta (kôr-dā'tə)
n.
The phylum of animals whose members have a single dorsal nerve cord and a notochord and gill slits during some stage in their development.