vertebrate.
Having a backbone.
Meaning & usage
Having a backbone.
Of, being, or pertaining to Vertebrata, animals with backbones.
Where this word comes from
Adapted borrowing of French vertébré, from Latin vertebrātus (“jointed”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more).
An animal having a backbone: one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata.
Where this word comes from
From the substantivization of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Vertebrata) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more).
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