复数： vertebrates

The two-inch creature is the ancestor of all vertebrate life forms

这种两英寸长的生物是所有脊椎动物生命形态的祖先。

The receptors in question orchestrate both behavioural and physical development , including some types of bone growth , in many vertebrate species .

许多脊椎动物体内的激素受体详细编排着其行为发展和身体发育，还包括一些动物的骨骼生长。

He and grumbine predict that such deforestation will result in the likely extinction of 22 flowering plants and 7 vertebrate species by 2025 .

他和古鲁姆拜恩预测到2025年，这种森林砍伐将导致22开花植物和7种脊椎动物可能灭绝。

Pufferfish stand to be the second most poisonous vertebrate in the world .

河豚鱼是世界上第二毒的脊椎动物。

The lilliputian lizard is near the lower limits of size in vertebrate animals .

侏儒蜥蜴几乎达到了脊椎动物体型的最下限。