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tetrapod::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | craniate, vertebrate |
| Has types | quadruped |
Examples of tetrapod
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In any tetrapod, the shoulders are cranial to the belly, but caudal to the eyes.
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With the close of the Carboniferous, reptiles became the dominant tetrapod fauna.
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The fins evolved into the legs of the first tetrapod land vertebrates, amphibians.
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Rainforest collapse triggered Carboniferous tetrapod diversification in Euramerica.
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Our results also provide new insights into the fish-to-tetrapod evolution.
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The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution.
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The tetrapod stapling, on the contrary, is a purely mechanical process.
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But look at the limbs of these fossils from the fish-tetrapod transition.
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Alignment shows regions of homology between tetrapod, coelacanth and ray-finned fishes.
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- A vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages
- The superclass Tetrapoda (Ancient Greek u03C4u03B5u03C4u03C1u03B1u03C0u03CCu03B4u03B7s tetrapodu0113s, "four-footed"), or the tetrapods /u02C8tu025Btru0259pu0252d/, comprises the first four-limbed vertebrates and their descendants, including the living and extinct amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, and some ancient, exclusively aquatic creatures such as the Acanthostega...
- In coastal engineering, a Tetrapod is a four-legged concrete structure used as armour unit on breakwaters. ...
- Any vertebrate with four limbs; Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that have evolved from early tetrapods; especially all members of the superclass Tetrapoda; Concrete structures with 'arms' used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects; Having four limbs or feet
- (Tetrapods) tragical - a form of verse used by ancient Greek tragedians
- (TETRAPODS) Large irregular shaped concrete blocks (jacks) piled on the beach to absorb the wave energy.
- (Tetrapods) 1. any four-legged animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. 2. descriptive name given to the first four-limbed creatures to emerge on to the land during the Devonian, for example Acanthostega.
- TET-ruh-PAWD/ Any amphibian, reptile, bird, or mammal (i.e., a vertebrate having four limbs, or being descended from such an animal).
- Any vertebrate with two pairs of pentadactyl limbs. Ex. rats, frogs.
