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Deuterostomia
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Translingual
right|thumb|Dasyurus maculatus species (spotted quoll or tiger quoll); phylum Chordata)
Etymology
mul la-new -, from mul deutero- second + mul grc στόμα mouth + mul -ia, referring to a theory about the order of embryonic development (compare mul Protostomia).
Proper noun
Animals of phylum Chordata phylum and certain others that share certain features of embryonic development:
infrakingdom subkingdom Bilateria
superphylum subkingdom Eumetazoa
Hypernyms
infrakingdom Eukaryota superkingdom superkingdom; Animalia kingdom; Bilateria subkingdom
Hyponyms
infrakingdom and superphylum Chordata phylum (including the vertebrates), Echinodermata phylum (starfish, etc), Hemichordata phylum (acorn worms), Xenacoelomorpha phylum (primitive marine worms) phyla
Coordinate terms
infra kingdom and superphylum Protostomia
References
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