craniate

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noun

Any member of the clade Craniata, having bony skulls.

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Meanings

nouncraniate (plural craniates)

plural craniates

  1. biologyAny member of the clade Craniata, having bony skulls.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounanimals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

Similar
vertebrate
Broader
chordate
Also see
vertebrate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cranium.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

carinatearcanite
Cite this entry
APA

craniate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craniate

MLA

“craniate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craniate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “craniate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craniate.

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