vertebrate

ver·te·brate  (vûrt-brt, -brt)

adj.

1. Having a backbone or spinal column.

2. Of or characteristic of vertebrates or a vertebrate.

n.

A member of the subphylum Vertebrata, a primary division of the phylum Chordata that includes the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, all of which are characterized by a segmented spinal column and a distinct well-differentiated head.

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[Latin vertebrtus, having joints, from vertebra, vertebra; see vertebra.]

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vertebrate

Noun

an animal with a backbone, such as a fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, or mammal

Adjective

having a backbone

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vertebrate  (vûrt-brt, -brt)

Any of a large group of chordates of the subphylum Vertebrata (or Craniata), characterized by having a backbone. Vertebrates are bilaterally symmetrical and have an internal skeleton of bone or cartilage, a nervous system divided into brain and spinal cord, and not more than two pairs of limbs. Vertebrates have a well-developed body cavity (called a coelom) containing a chambered heart, large digestive organs, liver, pancreas, and paired kidneys, and their blood contains both red and white corpuscles. Vertebrates include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium craniate fetus, foetus - an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals 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 - any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) costa, rib - any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) blood - the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions" ovary - (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates pedal extremity, vertebrate foot - the extremity of the limb in vertebrates dactyl, digit - a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates endoskeleton - the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)
Adj.	1.	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 invertebrate, spineless - lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals"

Translations

vertebrate [ˈvəːtɪbrɪt] n → vertebrado

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vertebrate [ˈvəːtɪbrɪt] n → vertébré m

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vertebrate [ˈvəːtɪbrɪt] vertebra n → Wirbeltier nt

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vertebrate [ˈvəːtɪbrɪt] n → vertebrato