vertebrates — ver·te·brate || vÉœrtɪbrɪt / vÉœËt adj. having a spinal column, belonging to the class of vertebrates n. something which has a spinal column, something which belongs to the class of vertebrates … English contemporary dictionary
vertebrates — stuburiniai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Vertebrata angl. vertebrates vok. Wirbeltiere rus. позвоночные pranc. vertébrés ryšiai: platesnis terminas – chordiniai siauresnis terminas – paukščiai … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
vertebrates — Animals with a backbone, including fish (sharks, rays and bony fish), amphibians, reptiles and mammals; see also invertebrates … Fisheries — dictionary
Evolution of the Vertebrates — Infobox Book name = Colbert s Evolution of the Vertebrates image caption = 5th Edition Book Cover author = Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, Eli C. Minkoff, language = English, Japanese subject = Vertebrate Evolution publisher = Wiley Liss pub… … Wikipedia
Carpus and tarsus of land vertebrates — Forelimb skeleton of orang utan, dog, swine, cattle, tapir, and horse … Wikipedia
Limbless vertebrates — Many vertebrates have evolved limbless forms. Reptiles have on a number of occasions evolved into limbless forms snakes, amphisbaenia, and legless lizards (limb loss in lizards has evolved independently several times). The same is true of… … Wikipedia
hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… … Universalium
animal development — Introduction the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by … Universalium
skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… … Universalium
chordate — /kawr dayt/, Zool. adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates. n. 2. a chordate animal. [1885 90; see CHORDATA] * * * Any member of… … Universalium
