microvertebrate

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noun

A very small vertebrate, especially one known only from fossils

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Meanings

nounmicrovertebrate (plural microvertebrates)

plural microvertebrates

  1. A very small vertebrate, especially one known only from fossils

    Final preparation was done at the microvertebrate laboratory of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.

    2015 July 16, “Red Iron-Pigmented Tooth Enamel in a Multituberculate Mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian “Haţeg Island””, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + vertebrate.

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microvertebrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microvertebrate

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“microvertebrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microvertebrate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microvertebrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microvertebrate.

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