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flexible
neural plate
nerve cord
vertebrate
prechordate
structure
notochords
chorda dorsalis
perinotochordal
chordate
hemichordate
chordal
prochordal
spine
prechordal
embryo
hypochord
cephalostyle
protovertebra
lancelet
subnotochordal
prenotochordal
rod
cephalochordate
chordamesoderm
chordoma
urochord
support
perichordal
body
notochordal
epichordal
parachordal
Definitions:
Noun
notochord
Definition: 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
Definition: A flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine