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UROCHORDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Urochorda mean?
• UROCHORDA (noun)
The noun UROCHORDA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: UROCHORDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tunicates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
subphylum Tunicata; subphylum Urochorda; subphylum Urochordata; Tunicata; Urochorda; Urochordata
Hypernyms ("Urochorda" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "Urochorda"):
tunicate; urochord; urochordate (primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva)
Ascidiaceae; class Ascidiaceae (sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts)
class Thaliacea; Thaliacea (small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order)
class Larvacea; Larvacea (small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order)
Holonyms ("Urochorda" is a member of...):
Chordata; phylum Chordata (comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord)
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