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1. (adj.) vertebrate
having vertebrae; having a segmented backbone.
2. vertebrate
belonging or pertaining to the Vertebrata, a subphylum of chordate animals having an internal skeleton of bone or cartilage that includes a braincase and a spinal column, and comprising mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
3. (n.) vertebrate
a vertebrate animal.
Etymology: (1820–30; < L vertebrātus jointed)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) vertebrate, craniate
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
2. (adj) vertebrate
having a backbone or spinal column
"fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) vertebrate
alt. of Vertebrated
2. (noun) vertebrate
one of the Vertebrata
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Sense: (an animal) having a backbone
Insects are not vertebrates.
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 Afrikaans: met ruggraat |
 Arabic: فَقْري |
 Bulgarian: гръбначен |
 Brazilian: vertebrado |
 Czech: obratlovec |
 German: das Wirbeltier, Wirbel-.. |
 Danish: hvirveldyr |
 Greek: σπονδυλωτό(ς) |
 Spanish: vertebrado |
 Estonian: selgrooline |
 Farsi: دارای ستون فقرات |
 Finnish: selkärankainen |
 French: vertébré |
 Hebrew: בַּעַל חוּלִיוֹת |
 Hindi: कशेरूकी |
 Croatian: kralježnjak |
 Hungarian: gerinces |
 Indonesian: vertebrata |
 Icelandic: hryggdÿr |
 Italian: vertebrato |
 Japanese: せきつい動物(の) |
 Korean: 척주(脊柱)가 있는 |
 Lithuanian: stuburinis (gyvūnas) |
 Latvian: mugurkaulnieks |
 Malay: vertebrat; bertulang bela |
 Dutch: gewerveld |
 Norwegian: virveldyr |
 Polish: kręgowiec, kręgowy |
 Portuguese: vertebrado |
 Romanian: vertebrat |
 Russian: позвоночное (животное) |
 Slovak: stavovec |
 Slovenian: vretenčar |
 Serbian: kičmenjak |
 Swedish: ryggradsdjur |
 Thai: สัตว์ที่มีกระดูกสันหลัง |
 Turkish: omurgalı |
 Taiwanese: 脊椎動物 |
 Ukrainian: хребетна тварина; хребетн |
 Urdu: ريڑھ کي ہڈي والے جانور |
 Vietnamese: có xương sống |
 Chinese: 脊椎动物 |
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