Associations to the word «Vertebrate»
Noun
- Invertebrate
- Paleontology
- Arthropod
- Amphibian
- Reptile
- Mammal
- Triassic
- Retina
- Fossil
- Insect
- Zoology
- Parasite
- Cretaceous
- Rodent
- Fauna
- Embryo
- Duplication
- Phylogeny
- Crustacean
- Dinosaur
- Genome
- Axon
- Anatomy
- Mollusc
- Salamander
- Taxon
- Evolution
- Ganglion
- Genes
- Vertebra
- Predator
- Lizard
- Assemblage
- Neuron
- Frog
- Cns
- Clade
- Prey
- Signaling
- Skeleton
- Synapse
- Curator
- Organism
- Steroid
- Receptor
- Feeding
- Extinction
- Yeast
- Hormone
- Tick
- Hedgehog
- Cartilage
- Fish
- Peptide
- Backbone
- Gland
- Ecology
- Animal
- Neurotransmitter
- Morphology
- Huxley
- Turtle
- Zoologist
Adjective
Wiktionary
VERTEBRATE, adjective. Having a backbone.
VERTEBRATE, noun. An animal having a backbone.
Dictionary definition
VERTEBRATE, noun. Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium.
VERTEBRATE, adjective. Having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals".
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