craniate

cra·ni·ate

C0723900 (krā′nē-ĭt, -āt′)n. Any of numerous animals having a cranium of bone or cartilage, including all vertebrates and the hagfishes.adj. Having a cranium.

craniate

(ˈkreɪnɪɪt; -ˌeɪt) adj (Anatomy) having a skull or craniumadj, n (Zoology) another word for vertebrate

cra•ni•ate

(ˈkreɪ ni ɪt, -ˌeɪt)

adj. 1. having a cranium or skull. n. 2. a craniate animal. [1875–80]

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craniate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or craniumvertebratefetus, foetus - an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animalchordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal columnCraniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammalsAmniota - higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during developmentamniote - any member of the Amniotaaquatic vertebrate - animal living wholly or chiefly in or on watergnathostome - a vertebrate animal possessing true jawsbird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsamphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult formreptile, reptilian - any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct formsmammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milktetrapod - a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendagesbelly - the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fishtail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the bodycaudal appendage - tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anuscosta, rib - any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)blood - the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"ovary - (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesteronechest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebratespedal extremity, vertebrate foot - the extremity of the limb in vertebratesdactyl, digit - a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebratesendoskeleton - the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)