vertebrate

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vertebrate 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 脊椎动物

a. 有椎骨的, 有脊椎的

英文释义

n. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

a. having a backbone or spinal column

vertebrate 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 vertebrate 在自然语境里怎么用：

Vertebrates ditched their body armor and scales for smooth skin; cephalopods lost their external shell.

—— ‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas

This location contains the most diverse collection of terrestrial vertebrates from that period, which was already rich in species.

—— 289-million-year-old mummified reptile reveals how breathing began on land

The study is the first to use artificial selection to test this link between aging and reproductive effort in a vertebrate.

—— Birds That Invest More Energy Into Parenthood Age Faster And Die Younger

The authors of the new study observe that large marine vertebrates and cephalopods (octopuses and their kin) independently evolved similar adaptations.

—— ‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas

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