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    SUBPHYLUM CRANIATA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammalsplay

    Synonyms:

    Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("subphylum Craniata" is a kind of...):

    phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

    Meronyms (members of "subphylum Craniata"):

    class Osteichthyes; Osteichthyes (a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage)

    Channidae; class Channidae (snakeheads)

    Pisces (a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically)

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    class Mammalia; Mammalia (warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female)

    class Reptilia; Reptilia (class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals)

    reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

    reptile family (a family of reptiles)

    amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

    amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

    amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

    Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)

    Chondrichthyes; class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)

    class Placodermi; Placodermi (extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws)

    Gnathostomata; superclass Gnathostomata (comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws)

    Agnatha; superclass Agnatha (superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms)

    Amniota (higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development)

    craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Holonyms ("subphylum Craniata" is a member of...):

    Chordata; phylum Chordata (comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord)

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