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vertebrate

ver·teb·rate

UK/ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt/ US/ˈvɜrtʌˌbreɪt/ uncommon
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

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

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adjective

1.

having a backbone or spinal column

  • “fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals”
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Origin

From the substantivization of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Vertebrata) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more).

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