CRANIATE Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word craniate. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CRANIATE
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vertebrate | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • having a backbone or spinal column noun • animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | ||||||||
backbone | nounn | |||||||
noun • a central cohesive source of support and stability • fortitude and determination • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord • the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved • the part of a network that connects other networks together | ||||||||
chordate | nounn | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata noun • any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | ||||||||
spinal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to the spine or spinal cord noun • anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord |