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vertebrate

adjective
🔊/ˈvɜːtɪbrət/
🔊/ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/
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  1. (of an animal动物) having a backbone opposite invertebrate

vertebrate

noun
🔊/ˈvɜːtɪbrət/
🔊/ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/
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  1. any animal with a backbone, including all mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians 脊椎动物（包括所有哺乳动物、鸟类、鱼类、爬行动物和两栖动物）compare invertebrate
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin vertebratus ‘jointed’, from vertebra, from vertere ‘to turn’.