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Phylum of animals
A chordate ( KOR-dayt) is a deuterostomic animal belonging to the phylum Chordata ( kor-DAY-tə). All chordates possess, at some point during their larval or adult stages, five distinctive physical characteristics (synapomorphies) that distinguish them from other taxa. These five synapomorphies are a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, an endostyle or thyroid, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal t... Wikipedia
