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How to pronounce vertebrate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms craniate
Type of chordate
Has types amniota, amniote, amphibian, aquatic vertebrate, bird, fetus, foetus, gnathostome, mammal, mammalian, reptile, reptilian, tetrapod
Type Words

Examples of vertebrate

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Larger vertebrate predators prefer larger prey to make their efforts worthwhile.
From the post-gazette.com
With a life span of just four months, it is the shortest-lived known vertebrate.
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See also vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, as well as paleoanthropology.
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He says his experiments suggest that the vertebrate brain can do this from birth.
From the newscientist.com
Many vertebrate bottom feeders may bury themselves, such as flatfish or stingray.
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It is the first time an animal has been seen using a tool to hunt a vertebrate.
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They will take live vertebrate prey but mostly feed on insects or even carrion.
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In birds, however, it is quite common-more so than in any other vertebrate class.
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The main anatomical regions of the vertebrate brain, shown for shark and human.
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More examples
  • Having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"
  • Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
  • Vertebrates are members of the subphylum Vertebrata, chordates with backbones and spinal columns. About 58,000 species of vertebrates have been currently described. Vertebrata is the largest subphylum of chordates, and contains many familiar groups of large land animals. ...
  • An animal having a backbone; Having a backbone
  • (Vertebrates) Animals of a Subphylum (Vertebrata) of the Phylum Chordata. Includes species that have a well-developed brain and a skeleton of bone or cartilage. Examples are fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.*
  • (vertebrates) animals with a backbone
  • (vertebrates) every animal with a notocord (spinal cord). Humans, grizzly bears, penguins, snakes, and even the lowly tunicate are all vertebrates
  • An animal that has a backbone.
  • Animals that have a backbone.