Vertebrated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vertebrate \Ver"te*brate\, Vertebrated \Ver"te*bra`ted\, a. [L.
     vertebratus.]
     1. (Anat.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing
        the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia,
        and fishes.
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     2. (Bot.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the
        spine in animals. --Henslow.
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     3. (Zool.) Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; --
        said of the arms of ophiurans.
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     4. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only
        in the form vertebrate.
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