- aquatic vertebrate
- nounanimal living wholly or chiefly in or on water• Hypernyms: ↑vertebrate, ↑craniate• Hyponyms: ↑jawless vertebrate, ↑jawless fish, ↑agnathan, ↑placoderm, ↑fish• Part Meronyms: ↑flipper
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aquatic vertebrate
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