·adj Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.
II. Vertebrated ·adj Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata;
— used only in the form vertebrate.
III. Vertebrated ·adj Having movable joints resembling vertebrae;
— said of the arms ophiurans.
IV. Vertebrated ·adj Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.