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VERTEBRATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
Synonyms:
Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Vertebrata" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "Vertebrata"):
class Osteichthyes; Osteichthyes (a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage)
Channidae; class Channidae (snakeheads)
Pisces (a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically)
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
mammal family (a family of mammals)
class Mammalia; Mammalia (warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female)
class Reptilia; Reptilia (class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals)
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
reptile family (a family of reptiles)
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
amphibian family (any family of amphibians)
amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)
bird genus (a genus of birds)
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)
Chondrichthyes; class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
class Placodermi; Placodermi (extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws)
Gnathostomata; superclass Gnathostomata (comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws)
Agnatha; superclass Agnatha (superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms)
Amniota (higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development)
craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Holonyms ("Vertebrata" is a member of...):
Chordata; phylum Chordata (comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord)
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