vertebrate
/ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt/
vertebrate adjective: having a backbone.
Adjective
vertebrate (not comparable)
- Having a backbone.
- Synonyms:
- backboned, vertebrated
- Antonyms:
- spineless
- Of, being, or pertaining to Vertebrata, animals with backbones.
Noun
vertebrate (plural vertebrates)
- An animal having a backbone: one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata.
- Under the white chalk, drawn on the blackboard / Under the x-ray, I'm just a vertebrate2005, “Corporeal”, in Tender Buttons, performed by Broadcast
- Synonyms:
- craniate
- Antonyms:
- invertebrate
vertebrate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
vertebrate in Hindi
- an animal having a backbone
- कशेरुकी जीव kaśerukī jīv
vertebrate in Tamil
- முதுகெலும்பி, முதுகெலும்பு விலங்கு, முதுகெலும்புடைய, முள்ளந்தண்டுவிலங்கு, முள்ளந்தண்டு விலங்கு, முள்ளந்தண்டெலும்பு
vertebrate in Urdu
- فقاری, حلقہ دار, مہرہ دار, ریڑھ دار, فقاریہ جانور
vertebrate in Malayalam
- an animal having a backbone
- കശേരുകി kaśēruki
More languagesFewer languages
- vertebrate in Kannada
- ಕಶೇರುಕ kaśēruka
- vertebrate in Arabic
- فَقَارِيّ faqāriyy, فَقَارِيَّة faqāriyya
- vertebrate in Malay
- bertulang belakang, vertebrat, haiwan vertebrat
- vertebrate in Indonesian
- bertulang belakang, vertebrata, hewan vertebrata, hewan bertulang belakang
- vertebrate in Thai
- สัตว์มีกระดูกสันหลัง sàt-mii-grà-dùuk-sǎn-lǎng
- vertebrate in Vietnamese
- động vật có xương sống
Examples of vertebrate in a sentence
- In many vertebrates, the neurenteric canal connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine.
- Look at just about any vertebrate and you’ll see two eyes looking back at you.
- Scientists have long puzzled over how the vertebrate eye first evolved.
Synonyms of vertebrate
Antonyms
Forms of vertebrate
| plural | vertebrates |
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Origin of vertebrate
Adapted borrowing of French vertébré, from Latin vertebrātus (“jointed”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more).
From the substantivization of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Vertebrata) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more).
Words formed from vertebrate
Questions about vertebrate
- What does vertebrate mean?
- Vertebrate means having a backbone.
- What is vertebrate in Hindi?
- Vertebrate in Hindi is कशेरुकी जीव (kaśerukī jīv). See Vertebrate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vertebrate?
- Vertebrate can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce vertebrate?
- Vertebrate is pronounced /ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt/.
Words near vertebrate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vertebrate (page history and authors); vertebrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vertebrate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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