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vertebrate vs aquatic vertebrate

aquatic vertebrate vs vertebrate

vertebrate and aquatic vertebrate both are nouns.

vertebrate is an adjective but aquatic vertebrate is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vertebrate Yes Yes No No
aquatic vertebrate Yes No No No
As nouns, aquatic vertebrate is a hyponym of vertebrate; that is, aquatic vertebrate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vertebrate:
  • vertebrate: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
  • aquatic vertebrate: animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
Other hyponyms of vertebrate include fetus, foetus, Amniota, amniote, gnathostome, bird, amphibian, reptile, reptilian, mammal, mammalian, tetrapod.
vertebrate (noun) aquatic vertebrate (noun)
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
vertebrate (adjective) aquatic vertebrate (adjective)
having a backbone or spinal column
Difference between vertebrate and aquatic vertebrate

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