Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VERT'E-BRA-TED
VERT'E-BRA-TED, a. [L. vertebratus.]
Having a back-bone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as an animal; as man, quadrupeds, fowls, amphibia, and fishes. – Cuvier.
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