What's Another Word for Vertebrate?

Vertebrate, also called Craniata, any animal of the subphylum Vertebrata, the predominant subphylum of the phylum Chordata. They have backbones, from which they derive their name.

What is another name for vertebrate?

In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for vertebrate, like: having a spinal column, craniate, vertebral, of the Vertebrata, mammal, invertebrate, mammalian, metazoan, amphibian, arthropod and chordate.

How will you describe vertebrates?

Vertebrates are animals that have a backbone inside their body. The major groups include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Invertebrates don't have a backbone. They either have a soft body, like worms and jellyfish, or a hard outer casing covering their body, like spiders and crabs.

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