cordado

Definitions of cordado
  1. noun
    any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
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    Lucy
    incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
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    cefalocordado
    fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
    urocordado
    primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
    vertebrado
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
    engendro, feto, vientre
    an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
    amniota
    higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development
    ave
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    anfibio
    cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
    reptil, réptil
    any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
    mamífero
    any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
    tetrápodo
    a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages
    type of:
    animal, bestia, criatura, fauna
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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