Cordate

//ˈkɔːdeɪt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any animal with a heart.

    "If, for instance, the context:"

  2. 2
    A heart-shaped hand axe.

    "The upper loam (E) has been reported to have yielded several white-patinated implements, including a large number of pointed handaxes, cordates, ovates and cleavers."

  3. 3
    Misspelling of chordate. alt-of, misspelling

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:cordate."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a leaf) shaped like a heart wordnet

Synonyms

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cordiformcordiformcordiformheart shapedheart-shaped

Example

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"The organisms in any sample of tigers will almost always happen to exemplify genetic properties more specific than the property shared by exactly the tigers, as well as a number of more inclusive ones such as properties common to all mammals or to all cordates."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin cor(d) (“heart”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From the substantivation of the above adjective, alternatively straight from Latin cord- (“heart”) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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