Index of English words, starting with "ve"

(1) - Vertebrata (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia.

(1) - Vertebrate (a.) Alt. of Vertebrated
(2) - Vertebrate (n.) One of the Vertebrata.

(1) - Vertebrated (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.
(2) - Vertebrated (a.) Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; -- said of the arms ophiurans.
(3) - Vertebrated (a.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.
(4) - Vertebrated (a.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.