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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as neurochord.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm.

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  • noun zoology A cord-like organ composed of elastic fibres, situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids such as the earthworm.

Etymologies

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neuro- +‎ cord

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