vertebrated

American  

[vur-tuh-brey-tid] / ˈvɜr təˌbreɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. having vertebrae; vertebral; vertebrate.

2. composed of vertebrae or having segments resembling vertebrae.

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Etymology

Origin of vertebrated

First recorded in 1820–30; vertebrate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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vertebrated

Having thus shown how varied and extraordinary are the modes in which mimicry occurs among insects, we have now to enquire if anything of the same kind is to be observed among vertebrated animals.

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace

If the Mygales did not prey upon vertebrated animals, I do not see how they could find sufficient subsistence.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse

"Can the organisation of vertebrated animals be referred to one uniform type?"

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

"If the Mygales," he adds, "did not prey upon vertebrated animals, I do not see how they could find sufficient subsistence."

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent

As the fishes develop these teeth scales in the geological record, they swim out of the hidden darkness of the past into the light, the first vertebrated animals visible in the record.

From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells