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nounanimals 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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- hand terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- blood the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
- fish any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- foot any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
- foot the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- stomach the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- chest the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
- bone rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
- tail the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body