notochord

English

Etymology

From noto- +‎ chord.

Noun

notochord (plural notochords)

1. A flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine.
2. A similar structure found in the embryos of vertebrates from which the spine develops.

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: хорда (bg) f (horda)
• Catalan: notocordi m
• Esperanto: ĥordo
• Finnish: selkäjänne (fi)
• German: Notochorda f
• Irish: nótacorda m
• Italian: notocorda (it) f
• Korean: 척삭(脊索) (ko) (cheoksak)
• Mongolian: нуруу яс (nuruu jas)
• Polish: struna grzbietowa f
• Russian: хорда (ru) f (xorda)
• Spanish: notocuerda f, notocorda (es) f
• Tagalog: tayudtod
• Welsh: notocord m