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vertebrate
adjective
noun
Having a backbone or spinal column
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ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt
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adjective
Having a backbone or spinal column
“Fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are vertebrate animals”
noun
Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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Fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are vertebrate animals
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