noun. Any of numerous animals of the phylum Chordata, having at some stage of development a dorsal nerve cord, a notochord, and gill slits and including all vertebrates, the hagfishes, and certain marine animals such as the lancelets and the tunicates.

Having the characters of the Chordata; pertaining to or resembling the Chordata: as, a chordate animal.

noun. A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine

adjective. Of such animals.

noun. any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata

"In contrast, a region deep in the brain associated with reward processing, attention and motor movements - the chordate nucleus - was enlarged in subjects who were addicted to the drug."

animal  animate being  beast  brute  creature  

cephalochordate  craniate  tunicate  urochord  urochordate  

000-year-old  appendicular  cage-like  curious-looking  domiciliary