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单词 Vertebrata
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Vertebrata

/ˌvəːtɪˈbreɪtə/ /ˌvəːtɪˈbrɑːtə/
Zoology
noun
With plural (or occasionally singular) concord: a subphylum (or phylum) of chordates that typically have a bony or cartilaginous skeleton, a backbone enclosing a spinal cord, and a skull enclosing the brain, and including the fishes and the tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals). Also treated as plural (also in form vertebrata): animals of this phylum (collectively or individually); vertebrates.
  • Formerly sometimes used as a synonym of Chordata..

Origin

Early 19th century. From scientific Latin Vertebrata (Cuvier 1817) from classical Latin vertebrāta, use as noun (short for animālia vertebrāta vertebrate animals) of neuter plural of vertebrātus.

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