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    vertebrate

    vertebrate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word vertebrate

    Definition
    (noun) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
    Synonyms : craniate
    Definition
    (adj) having a backbone or spinal column
    Example Sentence
    • fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals
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Vertebrate (having a backbone) is the opposite of invertebrate (without a backbone).


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text: And every vertebrate in the world has a pineal gland,
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