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While asexual reproduction is common among many plants and invertebrates, parthenogenesis, in which an egg develops, is more rare in vertebrates.
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Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
In 2019 and 2020, wildfires in Australia resulted in the loss of nearly 25 million acres of vegetation, 34 human lives, and more than 3 billion terrestrial vertebrates.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
Ocean secrets Fingernail-size pygmy seahorses are some of the smallest vertebrates on the planet, but British marine biologist Richard Smith makes their colorful world seem larger than life.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Despite their iconic status as olfactory specialists, sharks possess fewer olfactory receptor genes than other vertebrates!
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
In 2019 and 2020, wildfires in Australia resulted in the loss of nearly 25 million acres of vegetation, 34 human lives, and more than 3 billion terrestrial vertebrates.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
Ocean secrets Fingernail-size pygmy seahorses are some of the smallest vertebrates on the planet, but British marine biologist Richard Smith makes their colorful world seem larger than life.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Despite their iconic status as olfactory specialists, sharks possess fewer olfactory receptor genes than other vertebrates!
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebrate
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At Tree by Naked Yoyogi Park, a multi-sensory dining experience in Tokyo designed by Japanese visual artist Ryotaro Muramatsu, guests put on VR headsets for part of the meal, transporting themselves into a comical world where animals eat and dress like humans.—
Kristin Tablang,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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This style of outerwear, worn over a man’s pants, consists of animal hides that still have the creature’s hair or fur attached, all the better to repel snow and rain.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
1 Mar. 2025
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As for pushing the creature out of her home, that's when Fonda got hands on.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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The music inspires its creatures, and vice versa — like the Altamaha-ha, a legendary water beast that hails from stories told around the Altamaha River in Georgia.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Don’t go to bed early; some night dives have a twist with UV dive lights and mask filters that give some critters and corals a fluorescent flow.—
Curaçao Tourist Board,
AFAR Media,
26 Feb. 2025
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This can be an unpleasant odor for humans to encounter, but the critters in the video seem enthusiastic about interacting with the eau de skunk.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Vertebrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebrate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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