vertebrate

Adjective
  1. Having a backbone or spinal column (synset 302520120)
    "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"
    referred to in: zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals
Noun
  1. Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium (synset 101474323)
    associated with:
    • costa, rib - 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)
    • blood - the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
    • ovary - (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone
    • endoskeleton - the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)
    is a type of: chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
    subtypes:
    • fetus, foetus - an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
    • amniota - higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development
    • amniote - any member of the Amniota
    • aquatic vertebrate - animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
    • gnathostome - a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws
    • bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    • amphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
    • reptile, reptilian - any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
    • mammal, mammalian - 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
    • tetrapod - a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages
    belongs to: craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
    has:
    • belly - the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
    • tail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
    • caudal appendage - tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus
    • costa, rib - 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)
    • chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
    • pedal extremity, vertebrate foot - the extremity of the limb in vertebrates
    • dactyl, digit - a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
    same as: craniate

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