Vertebrate: adj. and nmpl. "Vertebrate" qualifies a being which has vertebrae (*), a skeleton.
(*) The vertebrae are each of the bones separated from each other by the intervertebral discs, which form the vertebral column (trunk support in vertebrates, and especially in humans).
Vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
N.m. pl. : Vertebrates are a branch of the animal kingdom comprising all organisms with a vertebral column made up of bone vertebrae...
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