n.animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
同义词：vertebrate
craniates例句
Fossil sister group of craniates: predicted and found. Structural Evolution of Otx Genes in Craniates THE ORIGIN OF CRANIATES: NEURAL CREST, NEUROGENIC PLACODES, AND HOMEOBOX GENES Chordate evolution and the origin of craniates: an old brain in a new head. Molecular ecology and adaptation of visual photopigments in craniates Evolution of the axial system in craniates: morphology and function of the perivertebral musculature The unusual cartilaginous tissues of jawless craniates, cephalochordates and invertebrates Neurodevelopment Genes in Lampreys Reveal Trends for Forebrain Evolution in Craniates Early crest animals and the insight they provide into the evolutionary origin of craniates. Dopamine receptors for every species: gene duplications and functional diversification in Craniates
