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NOTOCHORD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("notochord" is a kind of...):
back; backbone; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notochord"):
urochord (a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region)
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