craniate
English Thesaurus
1. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | chordate, |
| definition | : | any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | fetus, foetus, |
| definition | : | an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | amniota, |
| definition | : | higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | amniote, |
| definition | : | any member of the Amniota (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aquatic vertebrate, |
| definition | : | animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | gnathostome, |
| definition | : | a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bird, |
| definition | : | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | amphibian, |
| definition | : | cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | reptile, reptilian, |
| definition | : | any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mammal, mammalian, |
| definition | : | any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tetrapod, |
| definition | : | a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | belly, |
| definition | : | the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | tail, |
| definition | : | the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | caudal appendage, |
| definition | : | tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | costa, rib, |
| definition | : | any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | chest, pectus, thorax, |
| definition | : | the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | dactyl, digit, |
| definition | : | a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates (noun.body) |
| domain member category | : | costa, rib, |
| definition | : | any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) (noun.body) |
| domain member category | : | blood, |
| definition | : | the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets (noun.body) |
| domain member category | : | ovary, |
| definition | : | (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone (noun.body) |
| domain member category | : | endoskeleton, |
| definition | : | the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates) (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | vertebrate, |
| definition | : | having a backbone or spinal column (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | vertebrate, |
| definition | : | having a backbone or spinal column (adj.all) |
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