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VERTEBRA.TA.
II Vertebrata (vajtrbr^'-ta). Zool. [mod.L.
(Cuvier), a. L. vertebrata (sc. animdlia)^ nent. pi.
of vertebrdtus Vertebrate a.]
1. With the, A division of the animal kingdom
including all animals which have a backbone or its
equivalent.
1836 KiRBY & Sp. Eniomot, xxviii. III. 44 The difference
here between Insects and th^ Vertebrata seems very wide.
1834 M^MuRTRiE Cuvier s Anztn. Kingd. 2^2 The blood of
the MoHusca. .appears to contain a smaller proportionate
quantity of fibrine than that of the Vertebratx 1843 Penny
• Cyci, XXVI. 277/2 In the yertebrata the brain and principal
trunk or chord of the nervous system is enclosed in a
bony or gristly case composed of the skuU and the vertebree.
1877 Huxley .(^>mA lm\ Anim. 49 Even the hiatus between
the Vertebrata and the Invertebrata^ is partly, if not
wholly, bridged over.
2. A group or class of these ; a number of vertebrate
animals.
185K D. Wilson Prelt. Ann. iv. vii. 644 The geologist,
without seeking to reanimate these extinct vertebrata, learns
much regarding the past from . . their colossal remains. 185S
H. Spencer /*r/w. PsychoL (1872) I. i. L -^ Between the
water-breathing vertebrata and.. air-breathing vertebrata
there is an equally conspicuous unlikeness in energy. 1870
RoLLESTON Anim. Life 5 In every Mammalian skeleton..
the vertebrae in the trunk always differ from those of the
different lower vertebrata in . . the following points.
Vertebrate (vs-Jt/br/t), a. and sb. [ad. L.
vcrtebrat-m CPliny), jointed, articulated, f. vertebra
Vertebra, Cf. prec. and Invertebrate.]
A. adj. 1, Zool. Of or belonging to the Vertebrata
; characterized by having a backbone or
spinal column. Freq. in vertebrate animal,
i8a6 KiRBY 8c Sp. Enioff/ot. xxviii. III. 42 Size forms a
pretty accurate distinction between insects and the great
Dulk of vertebrate animals, a 1843 Encycl. Metrop. (1845)
VII, 392 The passive motive Organs or Skeleton of the
Vertebrate Series of Animals. 1870 Gillmore tr. Siguier's
R^tt (V Birds Introd. 4 A bountiful Creator appears to
have adopted one general plan in the organization of all
the vertebrate creation. 1881 Mivart in Nature No. 615.
337 The highest of them, called the vertebrate sub-kingdom
. .comprises ourselves, with all beasts, birds, reptiles, efts,
frogs and toads, and fishes.
C0/n^. 1B63 Dana Man. Ceol, 276 In most of these vertebrate-tailed
species the vertebral column extends into the
upper lobe of the tait
D. Bot. (See quot.)
183a LiNDLEY Introd. Bot. _
790 Vertebrate^ . . when the leaf
is contracted at intervals, tnerc being an articulation at
each contraction ; as in Cussonia spicata.
2. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, found in,
a vertebrated animal or animals.
1848 Owen {title). On the Archetj-pe and Homologies of
the Vertebrate Skeleton. 1854 H. aIiller Sch. ^ Schm.
xxi. (i860) 22g/i The second age of vertebrate existence on
our planet. 1857 H. Spencer in Westm. Rev. Apr. 450 The
earliest known vertebrate remains are those of Fishes. 1883
Encycl, Brit. XVI. 663/2 In the vertebrate eye, the filaments
of the optic ncr«« penetrate the retina.
fig. 187a Mmro Eng. Prose Lit. i. iii. 201 A vertebrate
Skeleton of the work.
3. fig. a. Of persons : Having connective mental
powers.
X&79 O. W, Holmes Motley xix. 146 The archivists and
annaUsts will pile up facts.. until the vertebrate historian
comes with his generalizing ideas.
b. Of writings, etc. : Connectedly put together
characterized by strength or consistency.
188a GossK in Grosart Spenser III. p. xlvi, Ramsay s
Gentle S/tepA^rd. .rcmsiins the most vertebrate and inter.
csting bucolic drama produced in Great Britain. 1884
Atiunxum 15 Nov, 635/2 The new comedy, .is more than
a little lachrymose and is scarcely vertebrate. 1900 Sat.
Rev. 24 Mar. 367 We have the right.. to expect something
more vertebrate, if he is to take place in literature,
B, sb, A member of the Vertebrata ; a vertebrate
animal.
x8a6 K1R8V & Sp. Entomol. xlv. IV. 340 The antenna; of
insects are analogous to ears in Vertebrates. 1840 Cwier's
Anim. Kingd. 33 The general plan of their organization is
not so uniform., as that of the vertebrates. 1870 F. Howen
Logic vi. 155 Some wingless animals are not vertebrates.
Ve'rtebrate, v, [f, prec] trans. To connect
or join after the manner of vertebrje.
1891 in Cent, Diet. 1894 Blackmore Perlycross tag As
like each other as three peas vertebrated in one pod. 2010
Q, Rev, Jan. 69 They {sc. satires] were written in rough cfialect
and vertebrated with peasant phrases and peasant wit,
Vertebrated (vajt/br^r'ted),///, a. [f. Vertebrate
a. + -En.]
1. = Vertebrate a. x, Freq. in vertebrated
anifrMl{s),
i8s8 Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. I. 371 Vertebrated animals
with cold red blo(xi, respiring by gills or branchiae. 1835
J. Duncan Beetles (Nat. Lib.) 74 Certain relations of analogy
which some of the species are thought to bear to the
vertebrated tribes. i849S.\XE/'tftf///j(i873l 120 One of those
vertebrated vermin That lie in the grass so prettily curled,
1874 Carpkntkr Ment. Phys. 1. ii, § 57 (1879) 57 1^« Vertebrated
series, of which Man is the highest representative,
2. Consisting of, provided with, vertebrae.
1863 Dana Man. Geot. 276 All these ancient fishes tGanoids]
have vertebrated tails. 1864 Bowen Logic x. 323
.Among inorganic bodies,.. the metallic property is an instance
of the former class; among animals, the possession
of a vertebrated column or backbone.
3. trans/. Constructed in a manner suggestive of
vertebrse.
2840 Civil Eng. ^ Arch. Jml. III. 56A A vertebrated
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carriage . . left the station at Euston Square with one of the
trains for Birmingham, ibid.^ The vertebrated carriage.,
adapted itself to all curves with the greatest facility.
vertebration (vait/br^'-Jan). [f. Vertebra.]
1. Vertebral formation ; division into segments
like those of the spinal column. Also in fig. context,
1888 Encycl. Brit.XXlV. 179/2 Some writers have maintained
that the vertebration of the Vertebrata may be
understood as having reference to the segmentation of the
muscles of the body-wall. 1889 Theol. Monthly Jan. 48
His style rather resembles a cellular tissue . . which may advance
by growth on many sides, rather than a.. compact
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