English to English
vertebrate
('v/[@]/rt/@/,br/eI/t
)
adjective (a)
- Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- One of the Vertebrata.(noun)source: webster1913