Category:Vertebrate

Ver"te*brate, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: one of the vertebrata.

Vertebrate; vertebrated Ver"te*brate, ver"te*bra`ted, a. Etym: [l. vertebratus.]

1. (anat.)

Defn: having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal Marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.

2. (bot.)

Defn: contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in Animals. Henslow.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: having movable joints resembling vertebræ; -- said of the arms Ophiurans.

4. (zoöl.)

Defn: of or pertaining to the vertebrata; -- used only in the form Vertebrate.