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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 Vertebrate from wikipedia
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Vertebrates (/ˈvɜːrtəbrɪts, -ˌbreɪts/) are
deuterostomal animals with bony or
cartilaginous axial endoskeleton —
known as the
vertebral column, spine...
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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...
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Vertebrate zoology is the
biological discipline that
consists of the
study of
Vertebrate animals, i.e.,
animals with a backbone, such as fish, amphibians...
- 'mouth') are the
jawed vertebrates.
Gnathostome diversity comprises roughly 60,000 species,
which accounts for 99% of all
living vertebrates,
including humans...
- A
Laboratory Manual for
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy is a
textbook written by
Libbie Hyman in 1922 and
released as the
first edition from the University...
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first arose in
wormlike organisms about 550 to 600
million years ago. In
vertebrates, it
consists of two main parts, the
central nervous system (CNS) and...
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vertebrate animals belonging to the
clade Amniota, a
large group that
comprises the vast
majority of
living terrestrial and
semiaquatic vertebrates....
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Vertebrate Palaeontology is a
basic textbook on
vertebrate paleontology by
Michael J. Benton,
published by Blackwell's. It has so far
appeared in four...
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including all
animals excluding the
chordate subphylum Vertebrata, i.e.
vertebrates. Well-known
phyla of
invertebrates include arthropods, mollusks, annelids...
- 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...
