| vertebrata | (n) fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals, Syn. Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, subphylum Craniata |
| vertebrate | (n) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium, Syn. craniate |
| vertebrate | (adj) having a backbone or spinal column, Ant. invertebrate, Example: fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals |
| vertebrate foot | (n) the extremity of the limb in vertebrates, Syn. pedal extremity |
| vertebrate paleontology | (n) the paleontology of vertebrates |
| Vertebrata | ‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vertebrate | n. (Zool.) One of the Vertebrata. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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