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Chordate vs Cordate - What's the difference?

chordate | cordate |

As adjectives the difference between chordate and cordate

is that chordate is of such animals while cordate is heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.

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.

    • cordate

    English

    (Leaf shape)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) Heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.

    • Synonyms

    * cordiform

    Derived terms

    * obcordate

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