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protovertebrate

protovertebrate adjective: relating to the protovertebra.

Adjective

protovertebrate (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the protovertebra

Noun

protovertebrate (plural protovertebrates)

  1. Any primitive animal from which the vertebrates evolved

Forms of protovertebrate

pluralprotovertebrates

Origin of protovertebrate

From proto- + vertebrate.

Questions about protovertebrate

What does protovertebrate mean?
Protovertebrate means relating to the protovertebra.
What part of speech is protovertebrate?
Protovertebrate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near protovertebrate in the dictionary

  1. protoveratrines
  2. protoverine
  3. protovertebra
  4. protovertebrae
  5. protovertebral
  6. protovertebrate
  7. protovertebrates
  8. protoviral
  9. protovirus
  10. protoviruses
  11. protoword

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