English noun: urochord |
1. | urochord (animal) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva |
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| Synonyms | tunicate, urochordate |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chordate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | appendicularia, ascidian, doliolum, larvacean, salp, salpa |
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| Member meronym | subphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata |
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2. | urochord (animal) a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region |
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| Broader (hypernym) | notochord |
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