Like a typical vertebrate the human has two pairs of limbs.
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Vertebrate
//ˈvɛɹ.tɪ.bɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "vertebrate" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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113 translations across 62 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- فَقَارِيَّة adj (having a backbone)
- فَقَارِيّ adj (having a backbone)
- فَقَارِيَّة noun (an animal having a backbone)
- فَقَارِيّ noun (an animal having a backbone)
Armenian
2 entries- ողնաշարավոր adj (having a backbone)
- ողնաշարավոր noun (an animal having a backbone)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- onurğalı noun (an animal having a backbone)
Basque
2 entries- ornodun adj (having a backbone)
- ornodun noun (an animal having a backbone)
Belarusian
3 entries- пазвано́чны adj (having a backbone)
- хрыбе́тны adj (having a backbone)
- пазвано́чнае noun (an animal having a backbone)
Breton
2 entries- mellkeinek adj (having a backbone)
- mellkeineg noun (an animal having a backbone)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гръбна́чен adj (having a backbone)
- гръбна́чно noun (an animal having a backbone)
Catalan
2 entries- vertebrat adj (having a backbone)
- vertebrat noun (an animal having a backbone)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 脊椎動物 /脊椎动物 noun (an animal having a backbone)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 椎骨的 adj (having a backbone)
- 脊椎動物 /脊椎动物 noun (an animal having a backbone)
Czech
1 entries- obratlovec noun (an animal having a backbone)
Danish
2 entries- hvirveldyr adj (having a backbone)
- hvirveldyr noun (an animal having a backbone)
Dutch
4 entries- gewerveld adj (having a backbone)
- gewervelde noun (an animal having a backbone)
- vertebraat noun (an animal having a backbone)
- werveldier noun (an animal having a backbone)
Esperanto
1 entries- vertebrulo noun (an animal having a backbone)
Finnish
2 entries- selkärankainen adj (having a backbone)
- selkärankainen noun (an animal having a backbone)
French
2 entries- vertébré adj (having a backbone)
- vertébré noun (an animal having a backbone)
Galician
2 entries- vertebrado adj (having a backbone)
- vertebrado noun (an animal having a backbone)
Georgian
1 entries- ხერხემლიანი adj (having a backbone)
German
2 entries- Vertebrat noun (an animal having a backbone)
- Wirbeltier noun (an animal having a backbone)
Greek
2 entries- σπονδυλωτός adj (having a backbone)
- σπονδυλωτό noun (an animal having a backbone)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֻלְיְתָן \ חולייתן noun (an animal having a backbone)
Hindi
1 entries- कशेरुकी जीव noun (an animal having a backbone)
Hungarian
2 entries- gerinces adj (having a backbone)
- gerinces noun (an animal having a backbone)
Icelandic
1 entries- hryggleysingjar noun (an animal having a backbone)
Indonesian
4 entries- bertulang belakang adj (having a backbone)
- vertebrata adj (having a backbone)
- hewan bertulang belakang noun (an animal having a backbone)
- hewan vertebrata noun (an animal having a backbone)
Interlingua
2 entries- vertebrate adj (having a backbone)
- vertebrato noun (an animal having a backbone)
Irish
2 entries- veirteabrach adj (having a backbone)
- veirteabrach noun (an animal having a backbone)
Italian
2 entries- vertebrato adj (having a backbone)
- vertebrato noun (an animal having a backbone)
Japanese
2 entries- 脊椎 adj (having a backbone)
- 脊椎動物 noun (an animal having a backbone)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕಶೇರುಕ noun (an animal having a backbone)
Kazakh
2 entries- омыртқалы adj (having a backbone)
- омыртқалы noun (an animal having a backbone)
Khmer
1 entries- សត្វឆ្អឹងកង noun (an animal having a backbone)
Korean
2 entries- 척추 adj (having a backbone)
- 척추동물 noun (an animal having a backbone)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- омурткалуу noun (an animal having a backbone)
Latin
1 entries- vertebrātus adj (having a backbone)
Latvian
1 entries- mugurkaulnieks noun (an animal having a backbone)
Lithuanian
2 entries- stuburinis adj (having a backbone)
- stuburinis noun (an animal having a backbone)
Macedonian
2 entries- ’рбетнички adj (having a backbone)
- ’рбетник noun (an animal having a backbone)
Malay
4 entries- bertulang belakang adj (having a backbone)
- vertebrat adj (having a backbone)
- haiwan vertebrat noun (an animal having a backbone)
- vertebrat noun (an animal having a backbone)
Malayalam
1 entries- കശേരുകി noun (an animal having a backbone)
Māori
2 entries- whaituaiwi adj (having a backbone)
- kararehe whaituaiwi noun (an animal having a backbone)
Navajo
2 entries- bíígháán dahólónígíí adj (having a backbone)
- naaldeehii bitsʼin dahólónígíí noun (an animal having a backbone)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- birrbirredar adj (having a backbone)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- virveldyr noun (an animal having a backbone)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- ryggbeinsdyr noun (an animal having a backbone)
- ryggradsdyr noun (an animal having a backbone)
- virveldyr noun (an animal having a backbone)
Polish
2 entries- kręgowy adj (having a backbone)
- kręgowiec noun (an animal having a backbone)
Portuguese
2 entries- vertebrado adj (having a backbone)
- vertebrado noun (an animal having a backbone)
Romanian
2 entries- vertebrat adj (having a backbone)
- vertebrat noun (an animal having a backbone)
Russian
2 entries- позвоно́чный adj (having a backbone)
- позвоно́чное noun (an animal having a backbone)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kičmenjak noun (an animal having a backbone)
- králješnjak noun (an animal having a backbone)
- кичмењак noun (an animal having a backbone)
- крáљешњак noun (an animal having a backbone)
Slovak
1 entries- stavovec noun (an animal having a backbone)
Slovene
1 entries- vretenčar noun (an animal having a backbone)
Spanish
2 entries- vertebrado adj (having a backbone)
- vertebrado noun (an animal having a backbone)
Swedish
1 entries- ryggradsdjur noun (an animal having a backbone)
Thai
1 entries- สัตว์มีกระดูกสันหลัง noun (an animal having a backbone)
Turkish
1 entries- omurgalı noun (an animal having a backbone)
Ukrainian
2 entries- хребе́тний adj (having a backbone)
- хребе́тна твари́на noun (an animal having a backbone)
Uzbek
1 entries- umurtqali noun (an animal having a backbone)
Vietnamese
1 entries- động vật có xương sống noun (an animal having a backbone)
Walloon
2 entries- cronzoxhî adj (having a backbone)
- cronzoxhî noun (an animal having a backbone)
Welsh
1 entries- fertebrat noun (an animal having a backbone)
West-Frisian
2 entries- rêchbonkedier noun (an animal having a backbone)
- wringedier noun (an animal having a backbone)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Man is a vertebrate and has an immortal soul as well as a fatherland, so that he doesn't get too cocky.
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It's a vertebrate.
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The helmethead gecko is the only vertebrate that can see colours at night.
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