vertebrate
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- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 10
Definition of vertebrate
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Having a backbone.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Having a backbone.
- (not-comparable)Of, being, or pertaining to Vertebrata, animals with backbones.
noun
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An animal having a backbone: one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata.
“Under the white chalk, drawn on the blackboard / Under the x-ray, I'm just a vertebrate”
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Etymology
Adapted borrowing of French vertébré, from Latin vertebrātus (“jointed”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more).
Words you can make from vertebrate
140 playable · top: VERTEBRAE (14 pts)
Best play vertebrae 14 points8-letter words
5 words7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
25 words- BEAVER 11 pts
- BRAVER 11 pts
- BREVET 11 pts
- REVERB 11 pts
- REAVER 9 pts
- REVERE 9 pts
- REVERT 9 pts
- TREVET 9 pts
- VETTER 9 pts
- BARRET 8 pts
- BARTER 8 pts
- BATTER 8 pts
- BEARER 8 pts
- BEATER 8 pts
- BERATE 8 pts
- BETTER 8 pts
- REBATE 8 pts
- RATTER 6 pts
- RETEAR 6 pts
- TARTER 6 pts
- TEARER 6 pts
- TEETER 6 pts
- TERETE 6 pts
- TERRAE 6 pts
- TERRET 6 pts
5-letter words
23 words4-letter words
31 words- VERB 9 pts
- AVER 7 pts
- EAVE 7 pts
- EVER 7 pts
- RAVE 7 pts
- VEER 7 pts
- VERA 7 pts
- VERT 7 pts
- ABET 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BATE 6 pts
- BATT 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BEAT 6 pts
- BEER 6 pts
- BEET 6 pts
- BETA 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- BRAT 6 pts
- BREE 6 pts
- RARE 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- REAR 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TART 4 pts
- TATE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TEAT 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- AVE 6 pts
- EVE 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- TAV 6 pts
- VAR 6 pts
- VAT 6 pts
- VEE 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BAT 5 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BET 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- BRR 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- TAB 5 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
2-letter words
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