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notochord

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈnəʊtəˌkɔːd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nō′tə kôrd′)

no•to•chord (nō′tə kôrd′),USA pronunciation n. [Embryol.]

Developmental Biologya rodlike cord of cells that forms the chief axial supporting structure of the body of the lower chordates, as amphioxus and the cyclostomes, and of the embryos of the vertebrates.

noto- + chord 1840–50

no′to•chord′al, adj.

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notochord /ˈnəʊtəˌkɔːd/ n

a fibrous longitudinal rod in all embryo and some adult chordate animals, immediately above the gut, that supports the body. It is replaced in adult vertebrates by the vertebral column

'notochord' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

chordate - tunicate - archencephalon - chordamesoderm - lancelet - noto- - urochord - subnotochordal

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