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hemichordate definition

hemi·chor·date (-kôr′dāt′)

adjective

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

Etymology: hemi- + chordate

noun

any hemichordate animal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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