vertebrate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. ver·te·brate [vertebrate vertebrates] BrE [ˈvɜːtɪbrət] NAmE [ˈvɜːrtɪbrət] noun (technical)
any animal with a ↑backbone, including all ↑mammals, birds, fish, ↑reptiles and ↑amphibians
compare ↑invertebrate

Word Origin:
early 19th cent.: from Latin vertebratus ‘jointed’, from vertebra, from vertere ‘to turn’.
 
▪ II. ver·te·brate adjective
Main entry: ↑vertebrate_derived

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  invertebrate, spineless