craniate Craniata • cranic · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · craniate · · Text Latin · · Script 8 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium. Synonyms: vertebrate. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · vertebrate · · Synonym 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074