Definition of vertebrates Vertebrates
/vɚˈtʌbɹejˌts/ - [vertubreyts] -
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What does vertebrates mean?
Wiktionary 
- vertebrates (Noun)
Plural of vertebrate.
Part of speech
🔤- vertebrates, noun, plural of vertebrate.
WordNet
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| vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | ||
| craniate | ||
| chordate any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | ||
| craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals | ||
| fetus, foetus an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal | ||
| amniota higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development | ||
| amniote any member of the Amniota | ||
| aquatic vertebrate animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water | ||
| gnathostome a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws | ||
| bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
| amphibian cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form | ||
| reptile, reptilian any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms | ||
| mammal, mammalian any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | ||
| tetrapod a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages | ||
| belly the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish | ||
| tail the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body | ||
| caudal appendage tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus | ||
| costa, rib a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) | ||
| pectus, thorax, chest part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs | ||
| pedal extremity, vertebrate foot the extremity of the limb in vertebrates | ||
| dactyl, digit a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables | ||
Adjective |
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| vertebrate - having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals" | ||
| zoological science, zoology the branch of biology that studies animals | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- vertebrate (n.)
One of the Vertebrata. - vertebrate (a.)
Alt. of Vertebrated
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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vertebrate
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.\n(Source: CED)
Wikipedia 
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A vertebrate is an animal with a spinal cord or "spine" (sometimes called a "backbone", even though some spinal cords are surrounded by cartilage instead of bone) inside its body. The word comes from "vertabrae", the bones that make up most spines. It is the opposite of invertebrate.
Examples of vertebrates are mammals, birds, and fish. Sharks, and related skates and rays, are vertebrates with cartilage instead of bones.
Part of speech
🔤- vertebrate, noun, singular of vertebrates.
