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urochordate
u·ro·chor·date U0150850 (yo͝or′ə-kôr′dāt)n. A tunicate. [uro- + chord (from the notochord present in the caudal region of tunicates' larval stage ) + -ate.] u′ro·chor′date adj.u•ro•chor•date (ˌyʊər əˈkɔr deɪt) adj. 1. having a urochord. n. 2. tunicate. [1945–50; < New Latin Urochordata; see uro-2, chord1, -ata] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | urochordate - primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larvatunicate, urochordchordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal columnsubphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata - tunicatesascidian - minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leavessalp, salpa - minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each enddoliolum - free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent bodylarvacean - any member of the class Larvaceaappendicularia - free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | EncyclopediaSeeUrochordataMedicalSeetunicateurochordate Related to urochordate: Cephalochordata, CyclostomataSynonyms for urochordatenoun primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larvaSynonymsRelated Words- chordate
- subphylum Tunicata
- subphylum Urochorda
- subphylum Urochordata
- Tunicata
- Urochorda
- Urochordata
- ascidian
- salp
- salpa
- doliolum
- larvacean
- appendicularia
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