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词汇 craniate
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Definition of craniate in English:

craniate

noun ˈkreɪnɪətˈkrānēˌāt
Zoology
  • An animal that possesses a skull.

    有头动物。比较VERTEBRATE

    Subphylum Craniata, phylum Chordata; used instead of Vertebrata in some classification schemes

    Compare with vertebrate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unfortunately, there are few quantitative data on the relative sizes of major brain divisions in most craniates.
    • Thus, there exist two competing theories about the interrelationships of craniates, i.e., animals with a skull.
    • The immediate outgroup of craniates, the Cephalochordata, show strong asymmetry during development.
    • We still have no fossil evidence of the nature of the transition between cephalochordates and craniates.
    • Hagfish are the oldest lineage of craniates and thus are considered important to evolutionary studies.
adjective ˈkreɪnɪətˈkrānēˌāt
Zoology
  • Relating to the craniates.

    有头动物的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It can have at once, the concentration of a craniate animal and the diffused vitality of an amoeba.
    • After the publication of the first computer-generated phylogenies of the major craniate groups, the discussion has become quite difficult.
    • How can changes in an ancestral ontogeny be reconstructed, since the ancestors of most craniate radiations are extinct?
    • The recent discovery of the Cambrian craniate Haikouichthys has confused matters somewhat.
    • The relationships between hagfishes, lampreys, and jawed vertebrates are one of the still-unresolved problems in craniate phylogeny.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin craniatus, from medieval Latin cranium (see cranium).

Definition of craniate in US English:

craniate

nounˈkrānēˌāt
Zoology
  • An animal that possesses a skull.

    有头动物。比较VERTEBRATE

    Subphylum Craniata, phylum Chordata; used instead of Vertebrata in some classification schemes

    Compare with vertebrate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unfortunately, there are few quantitative data on the relative sizes of major brain divisions in most craniates.
    • We still have no fossil evidence of the nature of the transition between cephalochordates and craniates.
    • Hagfish are the oldest lineage of craniates and thus are considered important to evolutionary studies.
    • Thus, there exist two competing theories about the interrelationships of craniates, i.e., animals with a skull.
    • The immediate outgroup of craniates, the Cephalochordata, show strong asymmetry during development.
adjectiveˈkrānēˌāt
Zoology
  • Relating to the craniates.

    有头动物的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the publication of the first computer-generated phylogenies of the major craniate groups, the discussion has become quite difficult.
    • The relationships between hagfishes, lampreys, and jawed vertebrates are one of the still-unresolved problems in craniate phylogeny.
    • How can changes in an ancestral ontogeny be reconstructed, since the ancestors of most craniate radiations are extinct?
    • It can have at once, the concentration of a craniate animal and the diffused vitality of an amoeba.
    • The recent discovery of the Cambrian craniate Haikouichthys has confused matters somewhat.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin craniatus, from medieval Latin cranium (see cranium).

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