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vertebrate adjective /ˈvɜːtɪbrət/ /ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/ (specialist) jump to other results - (of an animal) having a backbone opposite invertebrate
vertebrate noun /ˈvɜːtɪbrət/ /ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/ (specialist) jump to other results - any animal with a backbone, including all mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians compare invertebrate
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin vertebratus ‘jointed’, from vertebra, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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