vertebrates
[ (vur-tuh-bruhts, vur-tuh-brayts) ]
Animals that have a spinal cord enclosed in a backbone.
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How to use vertebrates in a sentence
Owen says that the thymus appears in vertebrates with the establishment of the lung as the main or exclusive respiratory organ.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThe only example among vertebrates is that of the beavers, members of the low order of rodents.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThere remain for consideration the lesser mammals and other vertebrates whose fecundatory instruments resemble those of mammifera.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de GourmontThe amphioxus, the bridge between invertebrates and vertebrates, is not hermaphrodite.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de GourmontOf vertebrates, we may find the bones and teeth of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology | J. E. Marr
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