chordata

Noun

Chor=da=ta

WORDNET DICTIONARY

chordata(n = noun.animal) phylum chordata - comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord;

is a member of animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia

is a kind of phylum

chordata, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.].

A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord. [1913 Webster]