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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Vertebral

Vĕr'te-bral, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. vertébral, Sp. & Pg. vertebral, It. vertebrale, N. Lat. vertebralis.]

  1. Of, or pertaining to, the joints of the spine or back-bone.
  2. Having a back-bone or spinal joints; as, vertebral animals.

Vĕr'te-bral, n.

noun

n. (Zoöl.) An animal of the class which have a back-bone; a vertebrate.