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urochordate

noun

primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva

• Syn: ↑tunicate, ↑urochord

• Hypernyms: ↑chordate

• Hyponyms: ↑ascidian, ↑salp, ↑salpa, ↑doliolum, ↑larvacean, ↑appendicularia

• Member Holonyms: ↑Urochordata, ↑subphylum Urochordata, ↑Urochorda, ↑subphylum Urochorda, ↑Tunicata, ↑subphylum Tunicata

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I. \\|yu̇rə|kȯrdə̇t, -ˌdāt\ adjective

Etymology: urochord + -ate

: having a urochord

II. noun (-s)

Etymology: New Latin Urochordata

: urochord 2

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/yoor'euh kawr"dayt/, Zool.

adj.

1. having a urochord.

n.

2. a urochordate animal.

[1945-50; < NL Urochordata; see URO-², CHORD¹, -ATA¹]

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urochorˈdate adjective and noun

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Main Entry: ↑uro-

Useful english dictionary. 2012.