Invertebrate vs. Vertebrate

Invertebratenoun

An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone.

Invertebratenoun

(informal) A spineless person; a coward.

Invertebrateadjective

Lacking a backbone.

Invertebrateadjective

Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.

Invertebratenoun

any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification

Invertebrateadjective

lacking a backbone or spinal column;

Invertebratenoun

an animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusc, annelid, coelenterate, etc. The invertebrates constitute an artificial division of the animal kingdom, comprising 95 per cent of animal species and about thirty different phyla.

Invertebrateadjective

denoting an invertebrate or relating to the invertebrates as a group.

Invertebrateadjective

irresolute; spineless

Invertebrate

Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord. This includes all animals apart from the subphylum Vertebrata.

Vertebrateadjective

Having a backbone.

Vertebratenoun

One of the Vertebrata.

Vertebrateadjective

Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.

Vertebrateadjective

Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.

Vertebrateadjective

Having movable joints resembling vertebræ; - said of the arms of ophiurans.

Vertebrateadjective

Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; - used only in the form vertebrate.

Vertebratenoun

animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

Vertebrateadjective

having a backbone or spinal column;

Vertebrate

Vertebrates () comprise all species of animals within the subphylum Vertebrata () (chordates with backbones). Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, with currently about 69,963 species described.