vertebrate
noun/ˈvɜːtɪbrət/
/ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/
(specialist)- any animal with a backbone, including all mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians compare invertebrateWord Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin vertebratus ‘jointed’, from vertebra, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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