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Webster 1913 Edition
Vertebrated
{
Ver′te-brate
,Ver′te-braˊted
, }Adj.
[L.
vertebratus
.] 1.
(Anat.)
Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
2.
(Bot.)
Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.
Henslow.
3.
(Zool.)
Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; – said of the arms of ophiurans.
4.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; – used only in the form
vertebrate
. Webster 1828 Edition
Vertebrated
VERT'EBRATED
,Adj.