chordate

/ˈkɔːdeɪt/

IPA: /K AO1 R D EY0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine

adjective
  1. 1

    Of such animals.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chordate