hemichordate

(-kôr′dāt′)

adjective

of or pertaining to a phylum (Hemichordata) of wormlike marine animals with visceral clefts and primitive nervous and circulatory systems

Origin: hemi- + chordate

noun

any hemichordate animal

See hemichordate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various wormlike marine animals of the phylum Hemichordata, having a primitive notochord and gill slits.

adjective

Of or belonging to the phylum Hemichordata.

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