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1. [SUB- 20 b.] Somewhat of the nature of a notochord.
1872. H. A. Nicholson, Palæont., 334. The vertebral column is sometimes composed of distinct vertebræ, sometimes cartilaginous or sub-notochordal.
1875. Blake, Zool., 202. Endoskeleton cartilaginous, subnotochordal.
2. [SUB- 1 b.] Situated beneath the notochord.
1888. Rolleston & Jackson, Anim. Life, 334. After the formation of the notochord a small sub-notochordal rod of cells is developed.
1909. J. W. Jenkinson, Exper. Embryol., 134. Underneath the notochord is the subnotochordal rod.