vertebrate
vertebrate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Anat.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes called?
- What is contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals. Henslow called?
- What is having movable joints resembling vertebræ; -- said of the arms ophiurans called?
- What is of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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