neurocord

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English

In this image from Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), the neurocord is labeled cnc

Alternative forms

neurochord

Etymology

From neuro- +‎ cord.

Noun

neurocord (plural neurocords)

  1. (zoology) A cord-like organ composed of elastic fibres, situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids such as the earthworm.
    • 2005, Ann B. Butler, William Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation:
      A neurocord, which does have a central lumen, is formed by invaginated nervous tissue in the intermediately located collar and connects the dorsal nerve cords of the proboscis and the trunk.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)