Meaning Of The Word Vertebrate

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Vertebrate Meaning

Vertebrate Definition
Vertebrate Definition

What's The Definition Of Vertebrate?

vertebrate in American English
any of a large subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordate animals, including all mammals, fishes, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, characterized by a brain enclosed in a brainpan and a segmented spinal column
having a backbone, or spinal column
adjective: having vertebrae; having a backbone or spinal column
noun: a vertebrate animal

vertebrate in British English
adjective: of, relating to, or belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata
noun: any chordate animal of the subphylum Vertebrata, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous skeleton and a well-developed brain: the group contains fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals

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