ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsVvertebrate
ISEE/SSATeasy
vertebrate
Meaning: an animal that has a backbone or spinal column
vertebrate in a sentence
How vertebrate is used in real sentences:
A shark counts as one because it has a cartilage skeleton running down its back.
The museum guide explained that snakes are a vertebrate group despite having no legs at all.
“He explained that even a small vertebrate could lose access to food when solid fences divided neighboring patches of cover.”
— from the passage The Line Between Gardens
Synonyms for vertebrate
Other words for vertebrate — backboned-animal and spined-creature — carry the same meaning.
- backboned-animal
- spined-creature
Antonyms of vertebrate
Words that mean the opposite of vertebrate:
- invertebrate
Where it comes from
From Latin vertebra 'joint, spine segment'
Memory hook
A VERTEBRATE has VERTEBRAE — the bones of the backbone.
Practice vertebrate in the app