noun🔗ShareChordésA 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. "Les humains, comme les poissons, les oiseaux et les reptiles, sont tous classés comme des chordés parce qu'ils possèdent une notochorde à un certain stade de leur développement.animalbiologyorganismanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading