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vertebrate

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Adjective

having a backbone or spinal column
- fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals

Noun

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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Antonyms:
invertebrate spineless

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "vertebrate":
vertebrate vertebrata
Words contain "vertebrate":
aquatic vertebrate invertebrate invertebrate foot jawless vertebrate vertebrate vertebrate foot vertebrate paleontology
Words contain "vertebrate" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
placoderm tarsus cerebellum fetus foetus thoracic cavity jawless fish jawless vertebrate suborder heterostraci agnathan more...

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