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chordatelike

chordatelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a chordate.

Adjective

chordatelike (comparative more chordatelike, superlative most chordatelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chordate.
    • For one, Conway Morris isn't convinced that the bulging back does indeed contain chordatelike muscles; he thinks Haikouella may be further down the evolutionary tree, as a progenitor to chordates and to other invertebrates such as starfish and sea urchins.1999 February 12, Martin Enserink, “New Glimpse Into Early Animal History”, in Science

Forms of chordatelike

comparativemore chordatelike
superlativemost chordatelike

Origin of chordatelike

From chordate + -like.

Questions about chordatelike

What does chordatelike mean?
Chordatelike means resembling or characteristic of a chordate.
What part of speech is chordatelike?
Chordatelike is an adjective.

Words near chordatelike in the dictionary

  1. chordally
  2. chordamesoderm
  3. chordamesodermal
  4. chordariaceous
  5. chordate
  6. chordatelike
  7. chordates
  8. chorded
  9. chordee
  10. chordees
  11. chordeumatidan

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