Definition of vertebrates. Meaning of vertebrates. Synonyms of vertebrates

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Definition of vertebrates

Vertebrate
Vertebrate Ver"te*brate, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Vertebrata.
Vertebrate
Vertebrate Ver"te*brate, Vertebrated Ver"te*bra`ted, a. [L. vertebratus.] 1. (Anat.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes. 2. (Bot.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals. --Henslow. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Having movable joints resembling vertebr[ae]; -- said of the arms ophiurans. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.

Meaning of vertebrates from wikipedia

- or limbed vertebrates Amphibians (lissamphibians, as well as the extinct temnospondyls and lepospondyls) Amniotes or true land vertebrates Sauropsids...
- fossilized remains, the behavior, reproduction and appearance of extinct vertebrates (animals with vertebrae and their descendants). It also tries to connect...
- Vertebrate zoology is the biological discipline that consists of the study of Vertebrate animals, i.e., animals with a backbone, such as fish, amphibians...
- products, and in many vertebrates also produces hormones (in particular, renin) and maintains blood pressure. In healthy vertebrates, the kidneys maintain...
- 'mouth') are the jawed vertebrates. Gnathostome diversity comprises roughly 60,000 species, which accounts for 99% of all living vertebrates, including humans...
- The domestication of vertebrates is the mutual relationship between vertebrate animals including birds and mammals, and the humans who have influence...
- Vertebrata (Craniata) (vertebratesanimals with backbones; 66,100+ species) Superclass 'Agnatha' paraphyletic (jawless vertebrates; 100+ species) class...
- vertebrate animals belonging to the clade Amniota, a large group that comprises the vast majority of living terrestrial and semiaquatic vertebrates....
- serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. In vertebrates, a small part of the brain called the hypothalamus...
- Many vertebrates are limbless, limb-reduced, or apodous, with a body plan consisting of a head and vertebral column, but no adjoining limbs such as legs...