Vertebrate

What do we mean by vertebrate?

Having a backbone or spinal column. adjective

Of or characteristic of vertebrates or a vertebrate. adjective

Any of numerous chordate animals of the subphylum Vertebrata, characterized by a segmented spinal column and a distinct well-differentiated head. The vertebrates include the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. noun

To make a vertebrate of; give a backbone to; hence, figuratively, to give firmness or resolution to.

Having vertebræ; characterized by the possession of a spinal column; backboned; in a wider sense, having a notochord, or chorda dorsalis; chordate; specifically, of or pertaining to the Vertebrata. Also vertebrated, and (rarely) vertebral.

Same as vertebral: as, a vertebrate theory of the skull.

In botany, contracted at intervals, like the vertebral column of animals, there being an articulation at each contraction, as in some leaves.

A vertebrated animal; any member of the Vertebrata, or, more broadly, of the Chordata: as, ascidians are supposed to be vertebrates. noun

One of the Vertebrata. noun

Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes. adjective

Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals. adjective

Having movable joints resembling vertebræ; -- said of the arms of ophiurans. adjective

Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate. adjective

Having a backbone. adjective

An animal having a backbone. noun

Having a backbone or spinal column adjective

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

An animal having a backbone.

Words that are spelled similarly to vertebrate:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe vertebrate:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective vertebrate:
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Consonant match to vertebrate:
vertebra it.

Words that sound like vertebrate:
vertebrate, vertebrae, vertebrates, vertebra, vertebre, vertebrata, vertebras, invertebrate, vertebral, verberate, vibrate, vituperate, invertebrates, vaporate.