vertebration
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vertebration
First recorded in 1880–85; vertebrate + -ion
Example Sentences
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This segmentation of the muscles was the momentous historical process with which vertebration, and the development of the vertebrate stem, began.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
At first we see the vertebration in the hinder region of the skull very clearly.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Thus most of the "animal organs" take part in this vertebration.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
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