notochord

1. A flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates, such as the lancelet; a primitive backbone.

2. A similar structure in embryos of higher vertebrates, from which the spinal column develops.

3. A longitudinal flexible rod of cells that in the lowest chordates (as a lancelet or a lamprey) and in the embryos of the higher vertebrates forms the supporting axis of the body.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
notochord	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
to	2
ho	5
no	2
do	3
od	3
oh	5
on	2
or	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ton	3
hot	6
tor	3
too	3
con	5
rot	3
nod	4
noh	6
noo	3
nor	3
not	3
nth	6
cod	6
ort	3
roo	3
tod	4
rod	4
roc	5
rho	6
tho	6
och	8
oho	6
ono	3
ooh	6
oot	3
orc	5
coo	5
hoo	6
doc	6
doh	7
don	4
dor	4
dot	4
hod	7
hon	6
cot	5
cor	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
coho	9
coon	6
ordo	5
chon	9
onto	4
odor	5
coot	6
cord	7
corn	6
toro	4
rood	5
root	4
roto	4
trod	5
torn	4
torc	6
toon	4
door	5
doth	8
toco	6
thro	7
horn	7
hoot	7
hood	8

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
north	8
torch	10
tondo	6
thoro	8
thorn	8
rondo	6
ortho	8
notch	10
chord	11
honor	8
codon	8
donor	6
condo	8
rotch	10
conto	7
croon	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cordon	9
thoron	9
cohort	11
condor	9
croton	8
doctor	9
hotrod	10

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
torchon	12

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
notochord	15