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thegroupofanimalsthat have aspine(= acolumnofbonesin the back) 脊椎动物类SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesGeneral & informal words for animals - anti-predator
- arthropod
- beast
- beastie
- bossy
- brute
- emotional support animal
- feathered
- feathered friendidiom
- four-legged friend
- fur baby
- furry
- furry friend
- marsupial
- myriapod
- pest
- pet
- predator
- prey
- stray
See more results » (Definition ofvertebratafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofvertebratavertebrata Amongst thevertebratathe degree of intellect and an approach in structure to man clearly come into play.FromProject Gutenberg The paddle-fins of the dipneusta changed into five-toed legs, which were afterwards transmitted to the highervertebrataup to man.FromProject Gutenberg Out of certain coelomati, the most ancient skull-lessvertebratawere directly developed.FromProject Gutenberg But allvertebratahave the great nerve trunk at the back, contained in the spine and with a bulb on the front or upper end constituting the brain.FromProject Gutenberg We have taken our illustrations from only the two departments ofvertebrataand articulata, because these are the most familiar to the reader, and also have been most carefully studied.FromProject Gutenberg The mammifers first disappeared, then the mighty birds, then the reptiles of the secondary period, presently the fish, the crustacea, the mollusks, and finally thevertebrata.FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/vertebrata## |