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Tetrapods is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Tetrapods in a sentence

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Tetrapods | Tetrapod

Tetrapods meaning

plural of tetrapod

Using Tetrapods

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of tetrapod
  • In the example corpus, tetrapods often appears in combinations such as: tetrapods are, and tetrapods, all tetrapods.

Context around Tetrapods

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

older 1× fish 1× first 1× primitive 1× large 1× nevertheless 1× early 1× extant 1× amphibian 1× adapted 1×

Often after:

frogfish 1× requiring 1× comprise 1× began 1×

Sentence patterns with Tetrapods

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

all extant tetrapods the parietal 1× and large tetrapods requiring minimal 1× animals are tetrapods but none 1× aorta of tetrapods 1× are nevertheless tetrapods 1× classes of tetrapods 1× fish and tetrapods the external 1× however tetrapods are descendants 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a second dorsal 1× also paraphyletic groups 1× amniotes acquired new 1× analysis of the 1× by contrast for 1× carnivory was a 1×

Common sentence endings:

ancestors for example 1× aorta of tetrapods 1× aquatic groups e 1× are nevertheless tetrapods 1× classes of tetrapods 1× et al 2012 1×

Words around Tetrapods

Just before it in the word index:

tetrapod 10 tetraploids 3 tetraploid 5 tetraphase 4 tetraodontidae 3 tetranitrate 2

Just after it in the word index:

tetraprism 2 tetraquark 2 tetraquarks 2 tetrarchic 6 tetrarchs 9 tetrarchy 16

Similar in corpus frequency:

abra 34 accies 34 accommodative 34 acerbic 34 achebe 34 actualise 34

Corpus analysis for Tetrapods

  • In this selection, "tetrapods" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, older, fish, first, frogfish, requiring and comprise stand out and add context to how "tetrapods" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include all extant tetrapods the parietal and and large tetrapods requiring minimal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tetrapods" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tetrapods

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Not all tetrapods are quadrupeds and not all quadrupeds are tetrapods. (11 words)

All of these animals are tetrapods, but none is a quadruped. (11 words)

Even snakes, whose limbs have become vestigial or lost entirely, are nevertheless tetrapods. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

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)

The cladogram shows the major groups of actinopterygians and their relationship to the terrestrial vertebrates (tetrapods) that evolved from a related group of fish. citation citation citation Approximate dates are from Near et al., 2012. (35 words)

Analysis of the skull revealed what the researchers describe as a “mishmash of traits” – different from features seen in the skulls of older tetrapods, the four ancestors of amphibians and other living vertebrates. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

However, tetrapods are descendants of the nearest common ancestor of Actinopterygii and Sarcopterygii, and tetrapods are not in Osteichthyes defined in this way, so the group is paraphyletic.

Not all tetrapods are quadrupeds and not all quadrupeds are tetrapods.

Analysis of the skull revealed what the researchers describe as a “mishmash of traits” – different from features seen in the skulls of older tetrapods, the four ancestors of amphibians and other living vertebrates.

Legs evolved convergently in the arthropods, octopuses and four kinds of fish (tetrapods, frogfish, skates, mudskippers).

All of these animals are tetrapods, but none is a quadruped.

Also, paraphyletic groups are involved in evolutionary transitions, the development of the first tetrapods from their ancestors for example.

Amniotes acquired new niches at a faster rate than before the collapse and at a much faster rate than primitive tetrapods.

A second, dorsal aorta carries oxygenated blood from the gills to the rest of the body, and is homologous with the descending aorta of tetrapods.

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By contrast, for a group within the tetrapods, such as birds, having four limbs is a plesiomorphy.

Carnivory was a natural transition from insectivory for medium and large tetrapods, requiring minimal adaptation.

Even snakes, whose limbs have become vestigial or lost entirely, are nevertheless tetrapods.

In bony fish and tetrapods the external opening into the inner ear has been lost.

In the early tetrapods, every vertebra bore a pair of ribs, although those on the thoracic vertebrae are typically the longest.

Of all extant tetrapods, the parietal eye is most pronounced in the tuatara.

Other amniotes (non-amphibian tetrapods) have cranial nerves similar to those of humans.

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.

Paradoxically, Sarcopterygii is under this scheme considered monophyletic, as it includes the four classes of tetrapods.

Tetrapods comprise the dominant megafauna of most terrestrial environments and also include many partially or fully aquatic groups (e.

The ancestors of all tetrapods began adapting to walking on land, their strong pectoral and pelvic fins gradually evolving into legs.

The cladogram shows the major groups of actinopterygians and their relationship to the terrestrial vertebrates (tetrapods) that evolved from a related group of fish. citation citation citation Approximate dates are from Near et al., 2012.

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Common combinations with tetrapods

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tetrapods" in a sentence?
An example: "However, tetrapods are descendants of the nearest common ancestor of Actinopterygii and Sarcopterygii, and tetrapods are not in Osteichthyes defined in this way, so the group is paraphyletic." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "tetrapods" from authentic English texts.
What does "tetrapods" mean?
Tetrapods means: plural of tetrapod
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