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microvertebrate

microvertebrate noun: a very small vertebrate, especially one known only from fossils.

Noun

microvertebrate (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

Forms of microvertebrate

pluralmicrovertebrates

Origin of microvertebrate

From micro- + vertebrate.

Questions about microvertebrate

What does microvertebrate mean?
Microvertebrate means a very small vertebrate, especially one known only from fossils.
What part of speech is microvertebrate?
Microvertebrate is a noun.
What is the plural of microvertebrate?
The plural of microvertebrate is microvertebrates.

Words near microvertebrate in the dictionary

  1. microventilator
  2. microventilators
  3. microverrucate
  4. microverse
  5. microverses
  6. microvertebrate
  7. microvertebrates
  8. microvesication
  9. microvesicle
  10. microvesicles
  11. microvesicular

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