vertebré

Definitions of vertebré
  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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    foetus
    an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
    vertébré aquatique
    animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
    oiseau
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    amphibien
    cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
    reptile
    any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
    mammifère
    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
    oiseau nocturne
    any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc
    coureur
    flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
    psophode
    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
    oiseau de proie, rapace
    any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
    crapaud
    any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
    gallinacé
    heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
    perroquet
    usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
    coraciadiformes
    chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
    oiseau apodiforme
    nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
    oiseau caprimulgiforme
    long-winged nonpasserine birds
    oiseau piciforme
    any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
    oiseau aquatique
    wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
    protothériens
    primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea
    métathériens
    primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
    euthérien, mammifère euthérien, mammifère placentère
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
    poisson
    any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
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    cordé
    any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
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