Thesaurus: vertebrate

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1. n. One of the Vertebrata.
2. a. Alt. of Vertebrated
3. adj. having a backbone or spinal column
4. n. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
5. One of the Vertebrata. 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. (Zoöl.) Having movable joints resembling vertebræ; -- said of the arms ophiurans. 4. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.
6. j:45/n:55 n. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium a. having a backbone or spinal column