Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
An animal with a spinal cord
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Vertebrate
The meaning of the given words is:
- Vertebrate: an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column.
- Mammal: a warm-blooded vertebrate animal that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, females that secrete milk for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young.
- Amphibian: a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage.
- Invertebrate: an animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusk, annelid, coelenterate, etc. The invertebrates constitute an artificial division of the animal kingdom, comprising 95 percent of animal species and about thirty different phyla.
The most appropriate one-word substitute for the given set of words is Vertebrate.