English > vertebrate: 2 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | craniate |
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| Category of | blood | The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets |
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| endoskeleton | The internal skeleton |
| ovary | (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone |
| rib, costa | Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) |
| Member of | Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata | fishes |
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| Parts | belly | The underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish |
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| caudal appendage | tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus |
| digit, dactyl | A finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates |
| rib, costa | Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) |
| tail | The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body |
| thorax, chest, pectus | The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates |
| vertebrate foot, pedal extremity | The extremity of the limb in vertebrates |
| Narrower | Amniota | Higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development |
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| amniote | Any member of the Amniota |
| amphibian | cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water |
| aquatic vertebrate | animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water |
| bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
| fetus, foetus | An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages / stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal |
| gnathostome | A vertebrate animal possessing true jaws |
| mammal, mammalian | Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair |
| reptile, reptilian | Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms |
| tetrapod | A vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages |
| Broader | chordate | Any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column |
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| Spanish | craniate, vertebrado, vertebrados |
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| Catalan | craniate, craniat, vertebrat |
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| Adjectives | vertebrate | having a backbone or spinal column |
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