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Recent Examples of vertebrate
They were feathered creatures that ranged in size from pigeons to planes, and the first vertebrates known to have been able to fly.
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Elizabeth Landau, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence yet that healthy vertebrates can have brain microbiomes.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
This gene, known as VIP, is active widely in the brain and influences a variety of social behaviors across vertebrates.
—Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Other vertebrates have evolved teeth in ways that are truly unique, whether in terms of size, quantity, or just sheer oddity.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Landau, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence yet that healthy vertebrates can have brain microbiomes.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
This gene, known as VIP, is active widely in the brain and influences a variety of social behaviors across vertebrates.
—Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Other vertebrates have evolved teeth in ways that are truly unique, whether in terms of size, quantity, or just sheer oddity.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebrate
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Cutting-edge visual effects create a world of talking photorealistic animals that might as well be a nature documentary, and attention is paid to livening up the humor, with Billy Eichner’s funny, overdramatic meerkat Timon showing up everybody, including Beyoncé. 9.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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The farm is home to a small flock of sheep, chickens, pigs, cows, and other barnyard animals.—
Pamela Brown,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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On the way, Elliott hits a baby unicorn with his rental SUV, wounding it, and Ridley touches its horn and forms a trippy spiritual connection with the creature.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
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Where do the natural wonders of America’s wildlife in its mute creatures—the tortoises, birds, bumblebees, flowers, fish and forests—fit in the fiscal tug-of-war amid current political winners and losers?—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Wildlife officials shared photos of the critter to Facebook on March 14.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Mar. 2025
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Its feeding method involves hanging out at the ocean floor and waiting for crustaceans and other small critters to pass by for easy snacking.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Vertebrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebrate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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