vertebrate

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An animal having a backbone: one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata.
    — Under the white chalk, drawn on the blackboard / Under the x-ray, I'm just a vertebrate
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a backbone. not-comparable
  2. Of, being, or pertaining to Vertebrata, animals with backbones. not-comparable

词形变化

vertebrates plural

词汇关系

反义词
invertebrate

词源

词源 1
Adapted borrowing of French vertébré, from Latin vertebrātus (“jointed”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more).
词源 2
From the substantivization of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Vertebrata) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more).
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