Definition of chordates Chordates
/kɔˈɹdejˌts/ - [kordeyts] -
We found 3 definitions of chordates from 2 different sources.
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What does chordates mean?
Wiktionary 
- chordates (Noun)
Plural of chordate.
Part of speech
🔤- chordates, noun, plural of chordate.
WordNet
NounPlural: chordates |
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| chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
| chordata, phylum chordata comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord | ||
| cephalochordate fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column | ||
| tunicate, urochordate, urochord primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | ||
Adjectivechordate, chordater, chordatest |
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| chordate - of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata | ||
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Wiktionary
- chordate (Noun)
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine. - chordate (Adjective)
Of such animals.
Wikipedia 
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Chordata is a phylum (group) of animals that includes vertebrates, with a notochord, with some closely related invertebrates.
Phylogeny.
Note: Lines show likely evolutionary relationships. Extinct groups are marked with a "†". Extinct animals are ones that are not around anymore, but around in the past.
Part of speech
🔤- chordate, noun, singular of chordates.
- chordate, adjective.
