vertebrate

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt/

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Adapted borrowing of French vertébré, from Latin vertebrātus (“jointed”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more).

vertebrate (not comparable)

1. Having a backbone.

   Synonyms: backboned, vertebrated

2. Of, or pertaining to Vertebrata.

• megavertebrate

From the substantivization of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Vertebrata) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more).

vertebrate (plural vertebrates)

1. An animal having a backbone, belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata.
   • 2005, “Corporeal”, in Tender Buttons, performed by Broadcast:

     Under the white chalk, drawn on the blackboard / Under the x-ray, I'm just a vertebrate

• invertebrate

• See also Thesaurus:vertebrate

• megavertebrate

vertebrate f

1. plural of vertebrato

• brevettare, brevetterà

vertebrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of vertebrātus

vertebrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of vertebrar combined with te