Definition of 'vertebrate'

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Noun

1. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
      Synonyms: craniate

Adjective

1. having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"
      Antonyms: invertebrate spineless

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