Vertebrate
Pronunciation : Ver"te*brate
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One of the Vertebrata.
(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ver"te*brate, Ver"te*bra`ted
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. vertebratus.]
Definition : 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. (Zo?l.)
Defn: Having movable joints resembling vertebr?; -- said of the arms ophiurans.
4. (Zo?l.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913