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from The Century Dictionary.
- A group of worm-like marine animals considered to be related to the Chordata, owing to their possession of gill-slits, a partly dorsal nervous system, and a rudimentary notochord.
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On account of the presence and mode of origin (from the gut-wall) of this organ Bateson introduced the term hemichorda as a phyletic name for the class
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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