cordate
/ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.93 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.
noun
noun
Misspelling of chordate.
Example Sentences
- "If, for instance, the context:"
- "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."
- "Sciences of cordates — creatures with hearts — are, for example, less general or comprehensive than sciences of living things, and the latter are less comprehensive and general than sciences of moving things."
- "It is the coextension problem, the problem of the renates and the cordates, the creatures with kidneys and the creatures with hearts."
- "However, the property of being a cordate and the property of being a renate are different properties; the former has something to do with hearts and the latter has something to do with kidneys."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés Proto-Italic *kord Latin cor(d) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English cordate From Latin cor(d) (“heart”) + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/
- British English: /ˈkɔːdeɪt/