Noun: craniate krey-nee-ut
- Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
"Humans are an example of highly evolved craniates";
- vertebrate
Derived forms: craniates
Type of: chordate
Part of: Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata
Encyclopedia: Craniate