vertebrate
/'və:tibrit/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a backbone or spinal column: Describes an animal that possesses a vertebral column (spine), a defining characteristic of a major group within the animal kingdom.
- Noun:
- An animal having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium: A member of the subphylum Vertebrata, characterized by an internal skeleton with a backbone.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Birds, fish, and humans are all vertebrate organisms.
- The museum's exhibit focused on the evolution of vertebrate life.
- Noun:
- A shark is a vertebrate, not an invertebrate like a jellyfish.
- The fossil belonged to an ancient vertebrate.
Advanced Usage
- "Vertebrate paleontology": The scientific study of fossil vertebrates.
- She specialized in vertebrate paleontology, focusing on prehistoric mammals.
- Used in formal, scientific, and educational contexts to classify animals.
Variants and Related Words
- Vertebrata (n): The scientific subphylum name for all vertebrates.
- Invertebrate (n/adj): The antonym; an animal lacking a backbone.
- Vertebral (adj): Pertaining to the vertebrae or spinal column.
- The patient suffered a vertebral injury.
Synonyms
- Chordate (in a broad zoological sense, though not all chordates are vertebrates).
- Craniate (a term emphasizing the presence of a skull).
Antonyms
- Invertebrate: An animal without a backbone.
Adjective
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having a backbone or spinal column
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fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals
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Noun
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animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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