chordate family


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Noun1.chordate family - any family in the phylum Chordata
Chordata, phylum Chordata - comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
Amphioxidae, Branchiostomidae, family Amphioxidae, family Branchiostomidae - lancelets
family Salpidae, Salpidae - a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea
Doliolidae, family Doliolidae - oceanic tunicates
family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
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It is a member of the chordate family, a group that today includes fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles and mammals.
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