Definition
Describing an organism, especially a larval or early-stage creature, that lacks a fully developed skull or cranium.
Etymology
From Greek a- (without) plus kranion (skull), with the biological suffix -ate. Similar to acranial but often used specifically for larval forms or early developmental stages.
Kelly Says
Lancelet larvae are acraniate—they're our evolutionary cousins from 500 million years ago still swimming in oceans today, showing what our ancestors looked like before skulls evolved to protect our big brains.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አክራኒያት
ak-ra-ni-yat
ARالعربية
حيوان بلا أجنحة
ḥayawan bila ajniḥa
BNবাংলা
অক্রানিয়াত
ok-ra-ni-yat
CACatalà
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
CSČeština
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
DADansk
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
DEDeutsch
acraniat
ak-ra-nee-at
ELΕλληνικά
ακρανιάτης
akran-ee-as
ESEspañol
acraniado
ak-ra-nee-a-doh
FISuomi
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
FRFrançais
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
GUGU
અક્રાનિયત
ak-ra-ni-yat
HAHA
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
HEעברית
אקראניאתי
ak-ra-nee-ati
HIहिन्दी
अक्रानियत
ak-ra-ni-yat
HUMagyar
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
IDBahasa Indonesia
tanpa kepala
tan-pa ke-pa-la
IGIG
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
ITItaliano
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-a-te
JA日本語
アクラニアート
akuraniaato
KKKK
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
KMKM
អាក្រានីអាត
a-kra-ni-a-at
KO한국어
아크라니아트
akkeura-ni-a-teu
MRMR
अक्रानियत
ak-ra-ni-yat
MSBahasa Melayu
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
MYမြန်မာ
အကြာနီးယပ်
a-kya-nee-ya-pet
NLNederlands
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-aat
NONorsk
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
PAPA
ਅਕ੍ਰਾਨੀਅਤ
ak-ra-ni-yat
PLPolski
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
PTPortuguês
acraniado
a-kran-ee-a-doh
RORomână
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
RUРусский
бескрылый
beskrylyy
SVSvenska
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
SWKiswahili
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
TAதமிழ்
அக்ரானியட்
ak-ra-ni-yat
TEతెలుగు
అక్రాణియట్
ak-ra-ni-yat
TLTL
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
TRTürkçe
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
UKУкраїнська
безголовний
bezgolovnyy
URاردو
اکرانیت
ak-ra-ni-t
VITiếng Việt
không sừng
khong sung
YOYO
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at
ZUZU
acraniate
ak-ra-nee-at