phylum chordata

1. 1.

   comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord

   SynonymsChordata

   Broaderphylum

   Part ofAnimalia

Questions about phylum chordata

What does phylum chordata mean?

phylum chordata means "comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord".

What is another word for phylum chordata?

Close synonyms include Chordata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phylum chordata a common word?

phylum chordata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.