urochord

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A notochord that is confined to or present in the tail region, especially as characteristic of certain tunicates (urochordates).

- urochordate.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From uro- + chord




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