hemichordate

hemichordate
hemi·chordate

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  • hemichordate — [hem΄ikôr′dāt΄] adj. [ HEMI + CHORDATE] of or pertaining to a phylum (Hemichordata) of wormlike marine animals with visceral clefts and primitive nervous and circulatory systems n. any hemichordate animal …   English World dictionary

  • hemichordate — /hem i kawr dayt/, Zool. adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms. n. 2. a hemichordate animal, having a vertebratelike hollow nerve cord …   Universalium

  • hemichordate — hem•i•chor•date [[t]ˌhɛm ɪˈkɔr deɪt[/t]] adj. 1) ivt belonging or pertaining to the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small marine invertebrates, as the acorn worms, that have a vertebratelike hollow nerve cord and an echinodermlike larval stage 2) …   From formal English to slang

  • hemichordate — /hɛmiˈkɔdeɪt/ (say hemee kawdayt) adjective 1. denoting or relating to the Hemichordata, a chordate subphylum characterised by the possession of gills. –noun 2. a hemichordate animal …  

  • hemichordate — noun or adjective see hemichordata * * * /hem i kawr dayt/, Zool. adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms. n. 2. a hemichordate animal,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hemichordate Zoology — [hɛmɪ kɔ:deɪt] noun a marine invertebrate of the small phylum Hemichordata, which comprises the acorn worms. adjective relating to hemichordates …   English new terms dictionary

  • hemichordate — noun Etymology: New Latin Hemichordata, from hemi + Chordata chordates Date: 1885 any of a phylum (Hemichordata) of wormlike marine animals (as an acorn worm) that have in the proboscis an outgrowth of the pharyngeal wall which superficially… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hemichordate — 1. noun Any of many marine worms, of the phylum Hemichordata, that have a primitive notochord 2. adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of these animals …   Wiktionary

  • Chordate — Chordata Temporal range: Early Cambrian – Recent, 540–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • Hemichordata — Kiemenlochtiere Eichelwurm (Saccoglossus sp.) Systematik Reich: Tiere (Animalia) Unterreich …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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