vertebrate
Noun · AdjectiveUS/ˈvɝtəˌbreɪt/3 syllables
Synonyms:
craniate
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Noun (1)
- animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or craniumSynonyms: craniateType of chordateKinds bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, aquatic vertebrate, Amniota, amniote, fetus, gnathostome, tetrapodParts thorax, tail, rib, caudal appendage, vertebrate foot, digit, bellyMember of Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata
Adjective (1)
- having a backbone or spinal column“fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are vertebrate animals”Opposite invertebrate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ver′te·brate noun
Zoology One of the Vertebrata.
Ver′te·brate, Ver′te·bra′ted adjective
Origin: L. vertebratus.
1. Anatomy Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
2. Botany Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals. John Stevens Henslow
3. Zoology Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; — said of the arms of ophiurans.
4. Zoology Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; — used only in the form vertebrate.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54