Definition of "vertebrates" []

• Plural form of vertebrate. (noun)

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• "Thus it was that Cuvier came forward with a brand-new classification of the animal kingdom, establishing four great types of being, which he called vertebrates, mollusks, articulates, and radiates."
• "The assessment, in two papers published Tuesday in the journal Science, concludes that the survival of one-fifth of the world's vertebrates is threatened."
• "That means Common Descent, the evolution of complex structures in vertebrates, observations of natural selection, etc."