chordate family

Definitions of chordate family
  1. noun
    any family in the phylum Chordata
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    types:
    Amphioxidae, Branchiostomidae, family Amphioxidae, family Branchiostomidae
    lancelets
    Salpidae, family Salpidae
    a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea
    Doliolidae, family Doliolidae
    oceanic tunicates
    type of:
    family
    (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
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