VERTEBRATED

Adjective

vertebrated (not comparable)

vertebrate; having vertebrae

Source: Wiktionary


Ver"te*brate, Ver"te*bra`ted, a. Etym: [L. vertebratus.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals. Henslow.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having movable joints resembling vertebræ; -- said of the arms ophiurans.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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