Meaning of VERTEBRATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'vurtu`breyt
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- [n] animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
- [adj] (zoology) having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"
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| | Synonyms: | | craniate |
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| | Antonyms: | | invertebrate | | |
| | See Also: | | Amniota, amniote, amphibian, aquatic vertebrate, belly, bird, caudal appendage, chest, chordate, costa, Craniata, dactyl, digit, fetus, foetus, gnathostome, mammal, pectus, pedal extremity, reptile, reptilian, rib, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, tail, tetrapod, thorax, Vertebrata, vertebrate foot | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ver"te*brate\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Vertebrata.
\Ver"te*brate\, Vertebrated \Ver"te*bra`ted\, a. [L.
vertebratus.]
1. (Anat.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing
the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia,
and fishes.
2. (Bot.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the
spine in animals. --Henslow.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Having movable joints resembling vertebr[ae];
-- said of the arms ophiurans.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used
only in the form vertebrate.
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| | Definition: | | Generally, any animal that has a spine (vertebrae). Specifically, any animal which is taxonomically classified within phylum Chordata and subphylum Vertebrata. |
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| | Definition: | | a member of the subphylum Vertebrate; possesses a bony spine or vertebral column. |
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