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Defenition of the word vertebrate

    • Defenition of the word vertebrate

      • Any chordate animal of the subphylum Vertebrata, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous skeleton and a well-developed brain: the group contains fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. (Source: CED)
      • (zoology) having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals
      • animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
      • having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"
      • having a backbone or spinal column

    Synonyms for the word vertebrate

      • craniate

    Meronymys for the word vertebrate

      • belly
      • caudal appendage
      • chest
      • costa
      • Craniata
      • dactyl
      • digit
      • pectus
      • pedal extremity
      • rib
      • subphylum Craniata
      • subphylum Vertebrata
      • tail
      • thorax
      • Vertebrata
      • vertebrate foot

    Hyponyms for the word vertebrate

      • Amniota
      • amniote
      • amphibian
      • aquatic vertebrate
      • bird
      • fetus
      • foetus
      • gnathostome
      • mammal
      • mammalian
      • reptile
      • reptilian
      • tetrapod

    Hypernyms for the word vertebrate

      • chordate

    Antonyms for the word vertebrate

      • invertebrate

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