neurochord
Zoology
noun
(Originally) a set of large fibres (giant fibres) on the dorsal side of the ventral nerve cord in certain invertebrates (now rare ).
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in George Rolleston (1829–1881), physician and physiologist. From German Neurochord.
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