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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to, or having the characters of, the Protochorda.
  • noun A member of the Protochordata, a group of animals closely related to the vertebrates, whose limits are variously defined by different authorities.

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  • noun Any chordate of the phyla Hemichordata, Urochordata or Cephalochordata

Etymologies

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From proto- +‎ chordate

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