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Notochord
An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…
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The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
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The spine; the vertebral column.
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A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
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The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.
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