craniate

Noun craniate has 1 sense

• craniate(n = noun.animal) vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium;
has particulars: fetus, foetus, amniota, amniote, aquatic vertebrate, gnathostome, bird, amphibian, reptile, reptilian, mammal, mammalian, tetrapod
is a kind of chordate
is a member of craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata
has parts: belly, tail, caudal appendage, costa, rib, chest, pectus, thorax, pedal extremity, vertebrate foot, dactyl, digit