名詞 vertebrate:

1. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
   同義詞：craniate

形容詞 vertebrate:

1. having a backbone or spinal column

1. Fish, birds and human beings are all vertebrates.
   魚(yú)、鳥(niǎo)和人類(lèi)都是脊椎動(dòng)物。
2. A dog is a vertebrate animal.
   狗是脊椎動(dòng)物。

ver.te.brate

adj.（形容詞）
Having a backbone or spinal column.
有脊椎的：有脊骨或者脊骨結(jié)構(gòu)的
Of or characteristic of vertebrates or a vertebrate.
脊椎動(dòng)物的：脊椎動(dòng)物的或有脊椎動(dòng)物特征的
n.Abbr. vert.（名詞）縮寫(xiě) vert.
A member of the subphylum Vertebrata, a primary division of the phylum Chordata that includes the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, all of which are characterized by a segmented spinal column and a distinct, well-differentiated head.
脊椎動(dòng)物：脊索動(dòng)物門(mén)的一個(gè)原始分支，屬于脊椎動(dòng)物分門(mén)的一種動(dòng)物，包括魚(yú)類(lèi)、兩棲動(dòng)物、爬行動(dòng)物、鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)和哺乳動(dòng)物，其共同特征是都有節(jié)段的脊柱和很明顯的、分化的頭部

來(lái)源：
Latin vertebr3tus [having joints]
拉丁語(yǔ) vertebr3tus [有關(guān)節(jié)的]
from vertebra [vertebra] * see vertebra
源自 vertebra [椎骨] *參見(jiàn) vertebra