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VERTEBRATA

\vˌɜːtɪbɹˈɑːtə], \vˌɜːtɪbɹˈɑːtə], \v_ˌɜː_t_ɪ_b_ɹ_ˈɑː_t_ə]\

Definitions of VERTEBRATA

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Animals having a spinal column.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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