NOTOCHORD

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Meaning:

A flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("notochord" is a kind of...):

back; backbone; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notochord"):

urochord (a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region)

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