vertebrated

vertebrated is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Bot.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals. Henslow.
  2. 2.(Zoöl.) Having movable joints resembling vertebræ; -- said of the arms ophiurans.
  3. 3.(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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