What does "vertebrate" mean?
Vertebrate: (Anat.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
Additional senses
- 2.(Bot.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals. Henslow.
- 3.(Zoöl.) Having movable joints resembling vertebræ; -- said of the arms ophiurans.
- 4.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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