名詞 chordate:

1. any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

形容詞 chordate:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata

chor.date

n.（名詞）
Any of numerous animals belonging to the phylum Chordata, having at some stage of development a dorsal nerve cord, a notochord, and gill slits and including all vertebrates and certain marine animals, such as the lancelets.
脊索動物：包括所有的脊椎動物以及如文昌魚之類的海洋動物的脊索動物門的大量動物中的任一個，在某些生長階段有背部神經(jīng)索、背索及鰓裂

來源：
From New Latin Chord3ta [phylum name]
源自 現(xiàn)代拉丁語 Chord3ta [生物分類的門名]
from Latin chorda [cord] * see cord
源自 拉丁語 chorda [弦] *參見 cord