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Notochord vs Hemichordate - What's the difference?

notochord | hemichordate |

As nouns the difference between notochord and hemichordate

is that notochord is a flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine while hemichordate is any of many marine worms, of the phylum Hemichordata, that have a primitive notochord.

As an adjective hemichordate is

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of these animals.

notochord

English

(wikipedia notochord)

Noun

(notochords)
  • A flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine
  • A similar structure found in the embryos of vertebrates from which the spine develops

    • hemichordate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of many marine worms, of the phylum Hemichordata , that have a primitive notochord

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of these animals