Animal that does have a backbone. Also see invertebrate.

A chordate animal with a backbone: the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and various classes of fishes.

"a vertebrate animal," 1826, from Latin vertebratus (Pliny), from vertebra "joint or articulation of the body, joint of the spine" (see vertebra). As an adjective also from 1826.

organism with a backbone or spine.

an animal with a backbone. Most large animals are vertebrates. They probably evolved from a wormlike ancestor that turned upside down (upside-down catfish do this today). See Invertebrate.

Any animal that has a backbone or spinal column. This includes mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians.

An animal with a backbone.

An animal with a back bone.

biology - an animal having a backbone

animal with a backbone; only about 3 percent of animals are vertebrates. vibration -

an organism with a backbone

(adj) having a backbone or spinal column(n) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

having vertebrae or having a backbone or spinal column. Fish and humans are examples of vertebrates.

An animal (including amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles) with a backbone.

An animal that has a backbone. Humans, dogs, birds, and frogs are vertebrates.

animal with backbone (vertebral column)

is any of a major group of animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) with a segmented spinal column (backbone).

Animals having a Vertebral Column, members of the phylum Chordata, subphylum Craniata comprising Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes.

An animal that has an internal bone skeleton.

Typically describes an animal with a backbone or spinal column and includes mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Vertebrates are members of the subphylum Vertebrata, a primary division of the phy [..]

An animal with a backbone, such as fish, reptiles, mammals, and birds.

Animals that have a backbone.

animals with backbones, such as humans, dogs, cats, birds, snakes, and fish

Animal with a back-bone.

An animal with a nerve cord enclosed by a backbone made of vertebrae. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are vertebrates.

An animal with a backbone, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

refers to animals that have a backbone.

An animal whose nerve cord is surrounded by a backbone. The main groups of vertebrate animals are the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Any of the group of animals that have a backbone. These include amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles.

animals with backbones, from fish to humans

an animal that has a backbone.

an animal that has a backbone; includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish

An animal that has a backbone or a notochord when young, that develops into a backbone as an adult. Includes mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians and fish.

===Noun=== ====an animal that has a backbone==== =====Synonyms===== vertebrate invertebrate fish amphibian reptile bird mammal animal Moby II

Animals with an internal skeleton, and in particular a backbone.