craniate

[ krey-nee-it, -eyt ]

adjective

1. having a cranium or skull.

noun

1. a craniate animal.

craniate

/ -ˌeɪt; ˈkreɪnɪɪt /

adjective

1. having a skull or cranium

adjective

1. another word for vertebrate

Word History and Origins

Origin of craniate¹

First recorded in 1875–80; crani(um) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The otocyst or auditory organ is unique amongst craniate vertebrates in regard to the semicircular canals.

From Project Gutenberg

From serving primitively as the essential organ of the cleft the tongue-bar may have undergone reduction and modification, becoming a secondary bar in Amphioxus, subordinate to the primary bars in size, vascularity and development; finally, in the craniate vertebrates it would then have completed its involution, the suggestion having been made that the tongue-bars are represented by the thymus-primordia.

From Project Gutenberg