English noun: vertebrate |
1. | vertebrate (animal) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium |
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| Synonyms | craniate |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chordate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Amniota, amniote, amphibian, aquatic vertebrate, bird, fetus, foetus, gnathostome, mammal, mammalian, reptile, reptilian, tetrapod |
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| Part holonym | belly, caudal appendage, chest, costa, dactyl, digit, pectus, pedal extremity, rib, tail, thorax, vertebrate foot |
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| Member meronym | Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata |
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| Domain category members | blood, costa, endoskeleton, ovary, rib |
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