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vertebrated, ppl. a.|ˈvɜːtɪbreɪtɪd|
[f. vertebrate a. + -ed.]
1. = vertebrate a. 1. Freq. in vertebrated animal(s).
1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. I. 371 Vertebrated animals with cold red blood, respiring by gills or branchiæ. 1835J. Duncan Beetles (Nat. Lib.) 74 Certain relations of analogy which some of the species are thought to bear to the vertebrated tribes. 1849Saxe Poems (1873) 120 One of those vertebrated vermin That lie in the grass so prettily curled. 1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. i. ii. §57 (1879) 57 The Vertebrated series, of which Man is the highest representative.
2. Consisting of, provided with, vertebræ.
1863Dana Man. Geol. 276 All these ancient fishes [Ganoids] have vertebrated tails. 1864Bowen Logic x. 323 Among inorganic bodies,..the metallic property is an instance of the former class; among animals, the possession of a vertebrated column or backbone.
3. transf. Constructed in a manner suggestive of vertebræ.
1840Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 56/2 A vertebrated carriage..left the station at Euston Square with one of the trains for Birmingham. Ibid., The vertebrated carriage..adapted itself to all curves with the greatest facility. |