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Recent Examples of vertebrate
During the Early Devonian Period, life on land was still relatively new, and many of the ancestors of modern vertebrates had yet to emerge from the water.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
In the tropics, food webs are less unidirectional—vertebrates that normally eat invertebrates such as insects and arachnids can easily find the tables turned.
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Jake Buehler,
Scientific American,
21 May 2026
Dopamine is also found in the earliest multi-cellular organisms with nervous systems and in the brain of the oldest vertebrate that survives to this day—the lamprey.
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Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
In his lab, which studies the exchange of gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide between vertebrates and their environments, Damsgaard’s team used microsensors to measure oxygen levels in the retinas of zebra finches, pigeons, and chickens.
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Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
13 May 2026
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
In the tropics, food webs are less unidirectional—vertebrates that normally eat invertebrates such as insects and arachnids can easily find the tables turned.
—
Jake Buehler,
Scientific American,
21 May 2026
Dopamine is also found in the earliest multi-cellular organisms with nervous systems and in the brain of the oldest vertebrate that survives to this day—the lamprey.
—
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
In his lab, which studies the exchange of gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide between vertebrates and their environments, Damsgaard’s team used microsensors to measure oxygen levels in the retinas of zebra finches, pigeons, and chickens.
—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebrate
Noun
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Rabies can also be transmitted through direct contact with brain or nervous system tissue from an infected animal.
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The animals have been seen on airport runways, walking on golf courses, roaming near schools and causing panic in supermarkets and hot spring resorts almost on a daily basis.
Noun
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Compelling characters, breathtaking action, beautiful environments, and an array of wondrous alien creatures.
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One of the earliest signs that the new Supergirl will be an uninspired slog is the overload of blobby alien dirtbags, grotesque creatures that look like they were refused admission to the Mos Eisley Cantina in the original Star Wars movie.
Noun
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Be sure to use lidded containers for trash and animal feed, and find other ways to attract birds while keeping other critters away.
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In the best comedy ever inspired by a rando holiday, Bill Murray refuses to let a bucktoothed critter upstage him.
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“Vertebrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebrate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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