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This gene, known as VIP, is active widely in the brain and influences a variety of social behaviors across vertebrates.
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Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Other vertebrates have evolved teeth in ways that are truly unique, whether in terms of size, quantity, or just sheer oddity.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
These receptor systems, first characterized in mammals, have since been identified across a variety of vertebrates, including birds, amphibians, and even sharks.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
After surveying research into the neuroscience and behavior of insects, the authors wrote that insects were unlikely to feel pain, noting that their nervous systems are different from those of vertebrates.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Other vertebrates have evolved teeth in ways that are truly unique, whether in terms of size, quantity, or just sheer oddity.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
These receptor systems, first characterized in mammals, have since been identified across a variety of vertebrates, including birds, amphibians, and even sharks.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
After surveying research into the neuroscience and behavior of insects, the authors wrote that insects were unlikely to feel pain, noting that their nervous systems are different from those of vertebrates.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 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 14 Mar. 2025.
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