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VERTEBRATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Synonyms:
craniate; vertebrate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vertebrate" is a kind of...):
chordate (any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column)
Meronyms (parts of "vertebrate"):
dactyl; digit (a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates)
pedal extremity; vertebrate foot (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)
chest; pectus; thorax (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)
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))
caudal appendage (tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus)
tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)
belly (the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish)
Domain member category:
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))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vertebrate"):
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)
Holonyms ("vertebrate" is a member of...):
Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)
Derivation:
vertebrate (having a backbone or spinal column)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a backbone or spinal column
Example:
fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals
Classified under:
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Antonym:
invertebrate (lacking a backbone or spinal column)
Derivation:
vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
Context examples:
Immune responses to fungi are similar across vertebrates, and many animals are capable of learning to avoid natural enemies.
(Amphibians can acquire resistance to deadly fungus, NSF)
Plasmalogens occur in nervous tissues, testes and kidneys at significant levels in vertebrates.
(Plasmalogen, NCI Thesaurus)
The Notch proteins (Notch1-Notch4 in vertebrates) are single-pass receptors that are activated by the Delta (or Delta-like) and Jagged/Serrate families of membrane-bound ligands.
(Notch Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
The outermost layer of the membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates.
(Chorion, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes cryptic protein, plays a role in intercellular signaling pathways during vertebrate embryogenesis and cellular growth.
(CFC1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
An animal sterol found in the body tissues (and blood plasma) of vertebrates.
(Cholesterol, NCI Thesaurus)
Orbiviruses are infective in a wide range of arthropod and vertebrate hosts and primarily cause disease in animals.
(Orbivirus, NCI Thesaurus)
They infect both vertebrates and invertebrates.
(Parvovirus, NCI Thesaurus)
A taxonomic class of egg-laying, endothermic vertebrates.
(Aves, NCI Thesaurus)
This is typically measured in birds and other non-mammalian vertebrates.
(Nucleated Thrombocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus)
