vertebrate
pronunciation
How to pronounce vertebrate in British English:
UK [ˈvɜːtɪbrət]
How to pronounce vertebrate in American English:
US [ˈvɜːrtɪbrət]
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- 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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- Adjective:
- having a backbone or spinal column
Word Origin
- vertebrate (n.)
- "a vertebrate animal," 1826, from Latin vertebratus (Pliny), from vertebra "joint or articulation of the body, joint of the spine" (see vertebra). As an adjective also from 1826.
Example
- 1. The two-inch creature is the ancestor of all vertebrate life forms
- 2. The receptors in question orchestrate both behavioural and physical development , including some types of bone growth , in many vertebrate species .
- 3. He and grumbine predict that such deforestation will result in the likely extinction of 22 flowering plants and 7 vertebrate species by 2025 .
- 4. Pufferfish stand to be the second most poisonous vertebrate in the world .
- 5. The lilliputian lizard is near the lower limits of size in vertebrate animals .