Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, or having the characters of, the Protochorda.
- noun A member of the Protochordata, a group of animals closely related to the vertebrates, whose limits are variously defined by different authorities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
chordate of the phylaHemichordata ,Urochordata orCephalochordata
Etymologies
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From proto- + chordate
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Identification of diversified genes that contain immunoglobulin-like variable regions in a protochordate.
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Pikaia has been heavily promoted as the oldest fossil protochordate. "
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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Pikaia has been heavily promoted as the oldest fossil protochordate. "
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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