1.
[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