vertebrate
An animal having a backbone: one belonging to the subphylum VertebrataAn animal having a backbone: one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
1 sensesAn animal having a backbone: one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata.
Wirbeltier, Vertebrat
позвоно́чноеpozvonóčnoje
хребе́тна твари́наxrebétna tvarýna
- animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Examples
10 sentencesIt's a vertebrate.
Це хребетна тварина. — deniko
Vertebrates typically have teeth.
Хребетні зазвичай мають зуби. — deniko
Humans, like fish and birds, are vertebrates.
ruЛюди, как и рыбы и птицы, — позвоночные. — Wezel
Humans, just like fish and birds, are vertebrates.
ruЛюди, как и рыбы и птицы, — позвоночные. — Wezel
Like a typical vertebrate the human has two pairs of limbs.
ruКак типичное позвоночное, человек обладает двумя парами конечностей. — corvard
deDer Mensch als typisches Wirbeltier hat zwei Gliedmaßenpaare. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From the substantivization of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (VerFrom the substantivization of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Vertebrata) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more).
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Forms
plural: vertebrates| Singular | vertebrate |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsSee also
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