noun🔗ShareChordatiereA member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine"Humans, like fish, birds, and reptiles, are all classified as chordates because they possess a notochord at some point in their development. "Menschen, wie Fische, Vögel und Reptilien, werden alle als Chordatiere klassifiziert, da sie in irgendeinem Stadium ihrer Entwicklung eine Chorda dorsalis besitzen.animalbiologyorganismanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading