urochord

urochord
urochordal, adj.
/yoor"euh kawrd'/, n. Zool.
the notochord of an ascidian or tunicate, more conspicuous in the larva than in the adult and confined chiefly to the caudal region.
[1875-80; URO-2 + CHORD1]

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