vertebrate
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(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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Synonyms: craniate |
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Related Words: Amniota, amniote, amphibian, aquatic vertebrate, bird, chordate, fetus, foetus, gnathostome, mammal, reptile, reptilian, tetrapod |
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(adjective) (zoology) having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals |
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Antonyms: invertebrate |
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