Craniate Definition

krānē-ĭt, -āt

noun

Any of numerous animals having a cranium of bone or cartilage, including all vertebrates and the hagfishes.

American Heritage Medicine

A craniate animal.

Webster's New World

(zoology) Any member of the clade Craniata bearing bony skulls.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

adjective

Having a skull or cranium, as fishes, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Craniate

Singular:

craniate

Plural:

craniates

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