Definitions for vertebrateˈvɜr tə brɪt, -ˌbreɪt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ver•te•brateˈvɜr tə brɪt, -ˌbreɪt(adj.)

  1. having vertebrae; having a segmented backbone.

    Category: Anatomy

  2. 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.

    Category: Biology, Taxonomy

  3. (n.)a vertebrate animal.

    Category: Zoology

Origin of vertebrate:

1820–30; < L vertebrātus jointed

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vertebrate, craniate(adj)

    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

  2. vertebrate(adj)

    having a backbone or spinal column

    "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"

Wiktionary

  1. vertebrate(Noun)

    An animal having a backbone.

  2. vertebrate(Adjective)

    Having a backbone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vertebrate(noun)

    one of the Vertebrata

  2. Vertebrate(adj)

    alt. of Vertebrated


Translations for vertebrate

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

vertebrate(adjective)

(an animal) having a backbone

Insects are not vertebrates.

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