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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
animals with a
vertebral column (backbone or spine), and a cranium, or skull. The
vertebral column surrounds...
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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
jawed vertebrates.
Gnathostome diversity comprises roughly 60,000 species,
which accounts for 99% of all
extant vertebrates,
including all living...
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brain is an
organ that
serves as the
center of the
nervous system in all
vertebrate and most
invertebrate animals. It
consists of
nervous tissue and is typically...
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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....
- (e.g.
conodonts and ostracoderms,
among others). They are
sister to
vertebrates with jaws
known as gnathostomes, who
evolved from
jawless ancestors during...
- 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...
- The
Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) is a
project which aims to
generate high-quality,
complete reference genomes of all 66,000
vertebrate species. It...
- of
Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) is a
professional organization that was
founded in the
United States in 1940 to
advance the
science of
vertebrate paleontology...
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Vertebrate visual opsins are a
subclass of
ciliary opsins and
mediate vision in
vertebrates. They
include the
opsins in
human rod and cone cells. They...
