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chordate family

DEFINITIONS OF: chordate family

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n any family in the phylum Chordata

Types:
Amphioxidae, Branchiostomidae, family Amphioxidae, family Branchiostomidae
lancelets
Salpidae, family Salpidae
a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea
Doliolidae, family Doliolidae
oceanic tunicates
Type of:
family
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
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