单词 | vertebrata |
释义 | Vertebratan. Zoology. With plural (or occasionally singular) agreement: a subphylum (or phylum) of chordates that typically have a bony or cartilaginous skeleton, a backbone enclosing a spinal cord, and a skull enclosing the brain, and including the fishes and the tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals). Also with plural agreement (also in form vertebrata): animals of this phylum (collectively or individually); vertebrates. Also called Craniata.Formerly sometimes used as a synonym of Chordata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > vertebrates > [noun] Vertebrata1822 vertebrate1826 vertebral1828 the world > animals > vertebrates > [noun] > collectively Vertebrata1851 1822 W. Shepherd et al. Systematic Educ. II. x. 259 The senses are less numerous, but the organs of circulation and of digestion are nearly as complex as in the vertebrata. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 232 The blood of the Mollusca..appears to contain a smaller proportionate quantity of fibrine than that of the Vertebrata. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. vii. 644 The geologist, without seeking to reanimate these extinct vertebrata, learns much regarding the past from..their colossal remains. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals 49 Even the hiatus between the Vertebrata and the Invertebrata, is partly, if not wholly, bridged over. 1900 Times 24 May 16/2 The thinking brain was a characteristic of the vertebrata. 1950 Adv. Genetics 3 195 In vertebrata normal parthenogenesis is unknown (with the possible exception of certain fish hybrids). 1981 Jrnl. Biochem. & Biophysical Methods 2 123 The specific activity of SAICAR synthetase has been measured in acetone powders of the livers of representative members of the Vertebrata. 2007 Neuroscience 147 236/2 The lamprey, a representative of a group of early vertebrata, swims using undulatory movements of its eel-like body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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