neurocord
English
Etymology
neuro- + cord
Noun
neurocord (plural neurocords)
- (zoology) A cord-like organ composed of elastic fibres, situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids such as the earthworm.
Related terms
- neurocordal
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for neurocord in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)