VERTEBRATA

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 32

(Lat.), n. n. pi. Vurt(we2rt)-e2b-rat(ra3t)'a3. From vertebra (q. v.). Fr., vertebres. Ger., Wirbelthiere. 1. Animals having a backbone, or spinal column. They are distinguished A, ape; A2, at; A3, ah; A4, all; Ch, chin; Ch2, loch (Scottish); [s. 710]