01 n. One of the Vertebrata.
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One of the Vertebrata.(Zool.)
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5 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Vertebrate
02 a. Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
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Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.(Anat.)
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Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.(Bot.)
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Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; -- said of the arms of ophiurans.(Zool.)
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Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.(Zool.)