Any chordate animal of the subphylum Vertebrata, characterized by a bony or cartilaginous skeleton and a well-developed brain: the group contains fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
(Source: CED)
(zoology) having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"
