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

- The vertebrates make up the subphylum Vertebrata with some 65,000 species, by far the largest grouping in the phylum Chordata. The vertebrates include...
- 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 produce hormones (in particular, renin) and maintain blood pressure. In healthy vertebrates, the kidneys maintain...
- fossilized remains, the behavior, reproduction and appearance of extinct vertebrates (animals with vertebrae and their descendants). It also tries to connect...
- 'mouth') are the jawed vertebrates. Gnathostome diversity comprises roughly 60,000 species, which accounts for 99% of all living vertebrates, including humans...
- 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....
- vertebrates (Young, 1962) Young, J. Z. (1950). "Preface". The life of vertebrates. Oxford : Clarendon. My Book Of A Lifetime: The Life of Vertebrates...
- recognition elements in jawed vertebrates have been found in jawless vertebrates. Instead, the AIS of jawless vertebrates is based on variable lymphocyte...
- Jawed vertebrates appeared by 445 Mya, tetrapods by 350 Mya, amniotes by 310 Mya and mammaliaforms by 200 Mya (approximately). Each vertebrate clade has...