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Vertebrata

Vertebrata

7.1
Animals with a backbone like fish, birds, and mammals
  • noun
  • /ˌvɜrtəˈbreɪtə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Vertebrados
  • Scientists classify animals with backbones, such as dogs and cats, under the subphylum Vertebrata.

Examples

  • Subphylum Vertebrata.

    The Raven (2012)

  • This trait places them in the Vertebrata, the same subphylum as fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and humans.

    Academic text (1992)

  • - We are both of the same division: vertebrata the same class: mammalia the same order: primate the same family: hominide the same genus: homo the same species: sapiens and the same variety of a class.

    A New Leaf (1971)

  • Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals all belong to the group known as Vertebrata which have a backbone.

  • The study of Vertebrata helps us better understand the evolution of various animal species.

Surface Forms

Vertebrata singular
Vertebrata plural

Etymology

Vertebrata comes from the Latin word vertebra, the small bones of the spine that act like a 'joint' and help the body 'turn' and bend. So, Vertebrata are the animals that have a 'backbone'.