prechordate
/priːˈkɔːdeɪt/Zoology
noun
An animal considered to represent an evolutionary stage ancestral to the chordates.
adjective
That is an evolutionary ancestor of the chordates; occurring or originating prior to the evolution of the chordates.
Origin
1920s. From pre- + chordate.
- persicot
- persiennes
- persiflage
- persiflate
- persifleur
- persimmon
- persist
- persistence
- persistence characteristic
- persistency
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- persistent organic pollutant
- persistent vegetative state
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- persistingly
- persistive
- persistive vegetative state
- perskeet
- perskiet
- perskit
- persnicketiness
- persnickety
- persnickitiness
- persnickityness