vertebrates

[ (vur-tuh-bruhts, vur-tuh-brayts) ]

Animals that have a spinal cord enclosed in a backbone.

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The five traditional classes of vertebrates are amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals, and reptiles. (Compare invertebrates.)

Human beings are vertebrates.

The development of vertebrates was slow, and they were the last to appear on the stage of geological history.
The Whence and the Whither of Man|John Mason Tyler
The Haemosporidia are widely distributed and of very general occurrence among the chief classes of Vertebrates.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7|Various
Cockroaches that have been found in the burrows of vertebrates are listed on pages 23-25.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth
The vertebrates had already advanced far enough to prove the superiority of their type of structure to all others.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton

The ventral or distal bud is probably double in the majority of vertebrates.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity|George. S. Huntington