skull
noun
the bony framework of the head, enclosing the brain and supporting the face; the skeleton of the head.
skull-less
-
a word derived from
skull.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
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
In this formation of the head, skull, and brain, with further development of the higher sense-organs, we have the advance that the Craniota made beyond their skull-less ancestors.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
