vertebrate

Meanings

Plural: vertebrates

Noun

animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
An animal having a backbone, belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata.

Adjective

having a backbone or spinal column

Adj

Having a backbone.
Of, or pertaining to Vertebrata.

Origin / Etymology

Adapted borrowing of French vertébré, from Latin vertebrātus (“jointed”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more).

Synonyms

backboned, craniate, vertebrate, vertebrated

Antonyms

invertebrate

Scrabble Score: 15

vertebrate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
vertebrate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vertebrate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

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