Wirbeltier

Definitions of Wirbeltier
  1. noun
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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    Vogel
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    Amphibie, Lurch
    cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
    Kriechtier, Reptil
    any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
    Säugetier
    any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
    Flachbrustvogel
    flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
    Sperlingsvogel
    perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
    Greifvogel, Raubvogel
    any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
    Schwanzlurch
    amphibians that resemble lizards
    Salamander
    any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
    Erdkröte, Frosch, Froschlurch, Kröte, Protz, echter Frosch
    any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
    Blindwühle
    any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
    Schuppenkriechtier
    reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
    Papagei
    usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
    kuckucksähnlicher Vogel
    birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)
    rackenartiger Vogel
    chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
    seglerähnlicher Vogel
    nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
    spechtähnlicher Vogel
    any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
    Plazentatier, höherer Säuger
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
    Fisch
    any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
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