Word Meanings - VERTEBRATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the Vertebrata.

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• VERTEBRATA
  One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebræ, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata
• INVERTEBRATA
  A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.