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Notochord Common

Notochord has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine

See Also
flexible neural plate nerve cord vertebrate prechordate structure notochords chorda dorsalis
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
spinal column
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
urochord
Rhyming Words
ord gord tord lord kord ford mord sord cord nord word bord fiord fjord soord dword chord noord exord oword
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