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Definition of Hemichordate
1. Noun. (biology) Any of many marine worms, of the phylum ''Hemichordata'', that have a primitive notochord ¹
2. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of these animals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hemichordate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemichordate
Literary usage of Hemichordate
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1. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"... the sea-squirts is that they have in addition to the hemichordate structures
a true notochord in the tail, the notochord being the rudiment out of which ..."