On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Tetrapod. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as vertebrate and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Tetrapod meaning
- Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc.
- A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.
Synonyms of Tetrapod
Using Tetrapod
- The main meaning on this page is: Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc. | Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc. | A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.
- Useful related words include: vertebrate, craniate.
- In the example corpus, tetrapod often appears in combinations such as: most tetrapod, tetrapod species.
Context around Tetrapod
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tetrapod
- In this selection, "tetrapod" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, early, amphibious, living, species, walls and counterpart stand out and add context to how "tetrapod" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tetrapod is any and an early tetrapod. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tetrapod" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tetrapod
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Like their amphibious tetrapod predecessors, they had lungs and limbs. (10 words)
The tuatara is the only living tetrapod with well-developed gastralia and uncinate processes. (14 words)
Non-mammals Most tetrapod species possess a larynx, but its structure is typically simpler than that found in mammals. (19 words)
Speaking for the Janakiya Vedhi, V.T. Sebastian, general convener, said that though two senior Ministers in the State Cabinet promised to restart work on the tetrapod walls towards the end of last year, works were yet to take off. (40 words)
Other animals The neck appears in some of the earliest of tetrapod fossils, and the functionality provided has led to its being retained in all land vertebrates as well as marine-adapted tetrapods such as turtles, seals, and penguins. (39 words)
It was originally named from just a small part of the skull roof, found in the fossiliferous cliffs of Miguasha National Park, Quebec, and described in 1938 as belonging to an early tetrapod. (33 words)
Example sentences (10)
Speaking for the Janakiya Vedhi, V.T. Sebastian, general convener, said that though two senior Ministers in the State Cabinet promised to restart work on the tetrapod walls towards the end of last year, works were yet to take off.
It was originally named from just a small part of the skull roof, found in the fossiliferous cliffs of Miguasha National Park, Quebec, and described in 1938 as belonging to an early tetrapod.
A tetrapod is any member of the taxonomic unit Tetrapoda (which is defined by descent from a specific four-limbed ancestor) whereas a quadruped actually uses four limbs for locomotion.
In most tetrapod species, there are two paired thyroid glands - that is, the right and left lobes are not joined together.
Its absence in fish and aquatic arthropods is notable, as many have life stations similar to a terrestrial or tetrapod counterpart, or could otherwise make use of the added flexibility.
Land plants as well as freshwater species, such as our tetrapod ancestors, were relatively unaffected by the Late Devonian extinction event.
Like their amphibious tetrapod predecessors, they had lungs and limbs.
Non-mammals Most tetrapod species possess a larynx, but its structure is typically simpler than that found in mammals.
Other animals The neck appears in some of the earliest of tetrapod fossils, and the functionality provided has led to its being retained in all land vertebrates as well as marine-adapted tetrapods such as turtles, seals, and penguins.
The tuatara is the only living tetrapod with well-developed gastralia and uncinate processes.
Common combinations with tetrapod
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: