- 1. n. An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm. Source: opted
- 2. n. a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates Source: wordnet
- 3. An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebræ and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm. Source: webster
- 4. An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath themedullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes theprimitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebræ andthe posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chordadorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm. Source: adambom
- 5. n. a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates Source: ecdict
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