skull
noun
the bony framework of the head, enclosing the brain and supporting the face; the skeleton of the head.
skull-less
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a word derived from
skull.
Example Sentences
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Out of certain cœlomati, the most ancient skull-less vertebrata were directly developed.
From Was Man Created? by Henry A. (Henry Augustus) Mott
Mr. Haeckel has shown that "in the first epoch, algæ and skull-less vertebrates were found together; in the second, ferns and fishes; in the third, pines and reptiles; in the fourth, foliaceous forests and mammals."
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
Man's ancestors are skull-less Vertebrates, like the Amphioxus.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
These are much more advanced and much younger than the lowest vertebrate, the Amphioxus, and the numerous skull-less vertebrates, related to the Amphioxus, that must have lived at that time.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
I would rather belong to one that commenced at the skull-less vertebrae and started for perfection, than to belong to one, that started from perfection and started for the skull-less vertebrae.
From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest by Robert Green Ingersoll
