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Webster 1913 Edition

Vertebrate

Ver′te-brate

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Noun.

(Zool.)

One of the Vertebrata.

Definition 2024

vertebrate

vertebrate

English

Adjective

vertebrate ‎(not comparable)

Having a backbone.

Derived terms

megavertebrate

Translations

having a backbone

Armenian: ողնաշարավոր (hy) ‎(ołnašaravor)
Basque: ornodun
Breton: mellkeinek
Catalan: vertebrat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 椎骨的 (zh) ‎(zhuīgǔ de)
Dutch: gewerveld (nl)
Finnish: selkärankainen (fi)
French: vertébré (fr)
Georgian: ხერხემლიანი ‎(xerxemliani)
Greek: σπονδυλωτός (el) ‎(spondylotós)
Indonesian: bertulang belakang, vertebrata (id)
Interlingua: vertebrate
Irish: veirteabrach

Italian: vertebrato (it)
Japanese: 脊椎 (ja) ‎(せきつい, sekitsui)
Lithuanian: stuburinis (lt) m
Macedonian: ’рбетнички m ‎('rbétnički)
Malay: bertulang belakang, vertebrat
Navajo: bíígháán dahólónígíí
Polish: kręgowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: vertebrado (pt) m, vertebrada f
Romanian: vertebrat (ro)
Russian: позвоно́чный (ru) ‎(pozvonóčnyj)
Spanish: vertebrado (es)
Swedish: ryggradsdjur (sv) n
Walloon: cronzoxhî (wa)

Noun

vertebrate ‎(plural vertebrates)

An animal having a backbone.

Antonyms

invertebrate

Derived terms

megavertebrate

Hyponyms

See also Wikisaurus:vertebrate

Translations

an animal having a backbone

Armenian: ողնաշարավոր (hy) ‎(ołnašaravor)
Azeri: onurğalı
Basque: ornodun
Breton: mellkeineg m
Catalan: vertebrat (ca)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 脊椎動物, 脊椎动物 ‎(zek³ zeoi¹ dung⁶ mat⁶)

Mandarin: 脊椎動物 (zh), 脊椎动物 (zh) ‎(jǐzhuī dòngwù)
Czech: obratlovec (cs) m
Danish: hvirveldyr n
Dutch: gewervelde (nl), werveldier n, vertebraat m
Esperanto: vertebrulo
Finnish: selkärankainen (fi)
French: vertébré (fr) m
Galician: vertebrado (gl) m
German: Wirbeltier (de) n
Greek: σπονδυλωτό (el) n ‎(spondylotó)
Hebrew: חֻלְיְתָן (he) m ‎(ḥulyetán)
Hindi: कशेरुकी जीव ‎(kaśerukī jīv)
Icelandic: hryggleysingjar
Indonesian: vertebrata (id), hewan vertebrata, hewan bertulang belakang
Interlingua: vertebrato

Irish: veirteabrach m
Italian: vertebrato (it)
Japanese: 脊椎動物 (ja) ‎(せきついどうぶつ, sekitsui dōbutsu)
Khmer: សត្វឆ្អឹងកង ‎(sat che eng kong)
Lithuanian: stuburinis (lt) m
Macedonian: ’рбетник m ‎('rbetnik)
Malay: haiwan vertebrat, vertebrat
Navajo: naaldeehii bitsʼin dahólónígíí
Norwegian:

Bokmål: virveldyr (no) n

Nynorsk: virveldyr n, ryggradsdyr n, ryggbeinsdyr n
Polish: kręgowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: vertebrado (pt) m
Romanian: vertebrat (ro) n
Russian: позвоно́чное (ru) n ‎(pozvonóčnoje)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: крáљешњак m, кичмењак m

Roman: králješnjak m, kičmenjak m
Spanish: vertebrado (es)
Swedish: ryggradsdjur (sv) n
Turkish: omurgalı (tr)
Walloon: cronzoxhî (wa)

Italian

Noun

vertebrate f

plural of vertebrato

Anagrams

brevettare, brevetterà

Latin

Adjective

vertebrāte

vocative masculine singular of vertebrātus