vertebrate C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #59454 Meanings 1 adj having a backbone or spinal column Is this a vertebrate animal? 2 noun animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium Humans are vertebrates. 3 noun An animal having a backbone: one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata. Under the white chalk, drawn on the blackboard / Under the x-ray, I'm just a vertebrate. 4 adj Having a backbone. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · animals having a bony or... craniate 3 noun · an animal having a... vertebrate 4 adj · having a backbone. backbonedvertebrated ↔ Opposites invertebrate Word family Forms vertebrated Common collocations vertebrate paleontology Adjective + noun Etymology From the substantivization of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Vertebrata) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more). Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # vertebrate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 59454 ## Meanings 1. having a backbone or spinal column 2. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium 3. An animal having a backbone: one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata. 4. Having a backbone. ## Examples - Is this a vertebrate animal? - Humans are vertebrates. - Under the white chalk, drawn on the blackboard / Under the x-ray, I'm just a vertebrate. ## Antonyms - invertebrate ## Etymology From the substantivization of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Vertebrata) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more). ## Topics - Animals markdown