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vertebrate

  • adjective
  • /ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt/

Having a backbone.

Other meanings

  1. Of, being, or pertaining to Vertebrata, animals with backbones.

Word history

From Latin "vertebrātus" (jointed).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “vertebrate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.