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Webster 1913 Edition
Vertebrata
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Verˊte-bra′ta
,Noun.
pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia.
Definition 2024
Vertebrata
Vertebrata
See also: vertebrata
Translingual
Proper noun
Vertebrata
Synonyms
- (subphylum): Craniata
Hypernyms
- (subphylum in clade): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa - clades; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade
- (subphylum in phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum
Hyponyms
- (subphylum): Gnathostomata - infraphylum, Myxini - subclass; †Hyperaortia, †Euconodonta, †Pteraspidomorphi, †Thelodonti †Anaspida, †Galeaspida, †Pituriaspida, †Osteostraci, †Cephalaspidomorphi - extinct clades
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- (subphylum): Agnatha, Gnathostomata - infraphyla
Translations
taxonomic subphylum, within phylum Chordata - animals with a backbone
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vertebrate — see vertebrate
vertebrata
vertebrata
See also: Vertebrata
Latin
Adjective
vertebrāta
- nominative feminine singular of vertebrātus
- nominative neuter plural of vertebrātus
- accusative neuter plural of vertebrātus
- vocative feminine singular of vertebrātus
- nominative neuter plural of vertebrātus
vertebrātā
- ablative feminine singular of vertebrātus