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Chordate vs Achordate - What's the difference?

chordate | achordate |

As adjectives the difference between chordate and achordate

is that chordate is of such animals while achordate is (biology) not having a proto-spinal chord at any stage of development.

As a noun chordate

is 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

English

(wikipedia chordate)

Noun

(en 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

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of such animals.

    • achordate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) Not having a proto-spinal chord at any stage of development.

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