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vertebrate adjective /ˈvɜːtɪbrət/ /ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/ (specialist) - (of an animal动物) having a backbone脊椎动物:有骨架 opposite invertebrate
vertebrate noun /ˈvɜːtɪbrət/ /ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/ (specialist) - any animal with a backbone, including all mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians脊椎动物(包括所有哺乳动物、鸟类、鱼类、爬行动物和两栖动物) compare invertebrate
词源early 19th cent.: from Latin vertebratus ‘jointed’, from vertebra, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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