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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva;
[syn: tunicate, urochordate, urochord]

2. a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Urochord \U"ro*chord\, n. [2d uro- + chord.] (Zool.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates. [Written also urocord.] [1913 Webster] Urochorda
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

urochord n 1: primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva [syn: tunicate, urochordate, urochord] 2: a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region