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Definition of vertebrate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vertebrate

noun
 
/ˈvɜːtɪbrət/
 
/ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/
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  1. any animal with a backbone, including all mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians compare invertebrate
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin vertebratus ‘jointed’, from vertebra, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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