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noun
Any member of the clade Craniata, having bony skulls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vertebrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chordate
Narrower terms: fetus, foetus, Amniota, amniote, aquatic vertebrate, gnathostome, bird, amphibian, reptile, reptilian, mammal, mammalian, tetrapod
History
From cranium.
