vertebrates

英 [ˈvɜːtɪbrɪts]

美 [ˈvɜrtəˌbreɪts]

n.  脊椎动物(包括所有哺乳动物、鸟类、鱼类、爬行动物和两栖动物)
vertebrate的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 脊椎动物
  Avertebrateis a creature which has a spine. Mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish are vertebrates.
  1. Both groups share two attributes normally associated with vertebrates.
     两组都具有通常脊椎动物才具备的两个特征。
  2. ...the ears of vertebrates.
     脊椎动物的耳朵

双语例句

• They are vertebrates, that is, animals that have backbones.
  动物的腓骨动物后腿骨中处于相同位置的那根骨头它们是脊椎动物，即有脊骨的动物。
• They have no direct toxic effects on vertebrates.
  它们对脊椎动物没有直接毒性作用。
• Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects.
  细长如线的线虫，寄生在脊椎动物的血液和组织中；由咬人昆虫传播其幼虫。
• The proportion of species at risk ( one-fifth) is similar tofindings in vertebrates and plants.
  处于濒临灭绝地步物种的比例（五分之一）和在脊椎动物和植物中的发现是相似的。
• Members of two animal groups, arthropods and vertebrates, are capable of sound reception.
  有两个动物门的成员可以接收声音，节肢动物与脊椎动物。
• But those daring fish were the ancestors of all other land vertebrates, including us.
  但是，只有那些勇敢的总鳍鱼成为了陆地上所有脊椎动物（也包括我们人类）的祖先。
• One of the bones of the pectoral girdle in many vertebrates.
  胸带骨许多脊椎动物的胸带骨中的一块。
• Cytosine methylation silences transposable elements in plants, vertebrates, and fungi but also regulates gene expression.
  胞嘧啶的甲基化能够沉默植物、脊椎动物和真菌的转座元件，同时也能调控基因的表达。
• Parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives beneath the skin of man and other vertebrates.
  印度和非洲寄生在人类和其它脊椎动物皮下的线虫。
• The main groups of vertebrates are: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
  脊椎动物的主要种类是鱼类，两栖动物，爬行动物，鸟类和哺乳动物。