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 Definitions of vertebrate  [ˈvɜr tə brɪt, -ˌbreɪt]  

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Definition of 'vertebrate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'vertebrate' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'vertebrate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) vertebrate
alt. of Vertebrated

2. (noun) vertebrate
one of the Vertebrata


Translation of 'vertebrate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (an animal) having a backbone
Insects are not vertebrates.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: met ruggraat Arabic flag Arabic: فَقْري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гръбначен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vertebrado Czech flag Czech: obratlovec German flag German: das Wirbeltier, Wirbel-..
Danish flag Danish: hvirveldyr Greek flag Greek: σπονδυλωτό(ς) Spanish flag Spanish: vertebrado
Estonian flag Estonian: selgrooline Farsi flag Farsi: دارای ستون فقرات Finnish flag Finnish: selkärankainen
French flag French: vertébré Hebrew flag Hebrew: בַּעַל חוּלִיוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: कशेरूकी
Croatian flag Croatian: kralježnjak Hungarian flag Hungarian: gerinces Indonesian flag Indonesian: vertebrata
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hryggdÿr Italian flag Italian: vertebrato Japanese flag Japanese: せきつい動物(の)
Korean flag Korean: 척주(脊柱)가 있는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: stuburinis (gyvūnas) Latvian flag Latvian: mugurkaulnieks
Malay flag Malay: vertebrat; bertulang bela Dutch flag Dutch: gewerveld Norwegian flag Norwegian: virveldyr
Polish flag Polish: kręgowiec, kręgowy Portuguese flag Portuguese: vertebrado Romanian flag Romanian: vertebrat
Russian flag Russian: позвоночное (животное) Slovak flag Slovak: stavovec Slovenian flag Slovenian: vretenčar
Serbian flag Serbian: kičmenjak Swedish flag Swedish: ryggradsdjur Thai flag Thai: สัตว์ที่มีกระดูกสันหลัง
Turkish flag Turkish: omurgalı Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 脊椎動物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: хребетна тварина; хребетн
Urdu flag Urdu: ريڑھ کي ہڈي والے جانور Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có xương sống Chinese flag Chinese: 脊椎动物

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