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nounanimals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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adjectivehaving a backbone or spinal columnOpposite:
Parts of vertebrate
- "vertebrate foot"
- "belly"
- "rib"
- "costa"
- "dactyl"
- "digit"
- "chest"
- "thorax"
- "caudal appendage"
- "pectus"
- "pedal extremity"
- "tail"