vertebrate

Definition of Vertebrate in English :

Noun

1. craniate, vertebrate

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

craniate

Adjective

2. vertebrate

having a backbone or spinal column

Example Sentences:
'fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Vertebrate

see synonyms of vertebrate

noun

1.

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

adjective

2.

of, relating to, or belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata

Vertebrate

see synonyms of vertebrate

adjective

1.

having a backbone, or spinal column

2.

of or belonging to the vertebrates

noun

3.

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

Vertebrate

see synonyms of vertebrate

adj.

1. Having a backbone or spinal column.

2. Of or characteristic of vertebrates or a vertebrate.

n.

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.

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Adjective

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