Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Provided with or characterized by the presence of proto vertebræ: as, the protovertebrate stage of a vertebrate embryo.
- Of or pertaining to the Protovertebrata.
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Examples
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The chordate amphioxus in modern taxonomy, Branchiostoma and its relatives, a protovertebrate that looks a bit like a minature eel, does clot its haemolymph.
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Remember that trypsin-like proteins are released when there is tissue damage, so a protothrombin derived from trypsin or a related enzyme would be released in the vicinity of haemocytes when a protovertebrate is cut.
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