vertebrate

From Latin vertebra (“joint”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt/

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vertebrate (not comparable)

1. Having a backbone.

   Synonyms: backboned, vertebrated

• megavertebrate

vertebrate (plural vertebrates)

1. An animal having a backbone.
   • 2005, “Corporeal”, in Tender Buttons, performed by Broadcast:

     Under the white chalk, drawn on the blackboard / Under the x-ray, I'm just a vertebrate

• invertebrate

• See also Thesaurus:vertebrate

• megavertebrate

• Vertebrata

vertebrate f

1. plural of vertebrato

• brevettare, brevetterà

vertebrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of vertebrātus

vertebrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of vertebrar combined with te