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Webster 1913 Edition

Vertebrated

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Ver′te-brate

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Ver′te-braˊted

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Adj.
[L.
vertebratus
.]
1.
(Anat.)
Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
2.
(Bot.)
Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.
Henslow.
3.
(Zool.)
Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; – said of the arms of ophiurans.
4.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; – used only in the form
vertebrate
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vertebrated

VERT'EBRATED

,
Adj.
[L. vertebratus.] Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as an animal; as man, quadrupeds, fowls, amphibia, and fishes.

Definition 2024

vertebrated

vertebrated

English

Adjective

vertebrated ‎(not comparable)

  1. vertebrate; having vertebrae
    • 1894, Thomas H. Huxley, Discourses:
      There is not a single class of vertebrated animals which, when it first appears, is represented by analogues of the lowest known members of the same class.
    • 1901, H. G. Wells, The First Men In The Moon:
      And they think I'm going to crawl about on my stomach--on my vertebrated stomach!

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