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adjective

having a backbone, or spinal column
of or belonging to the vertebrates

noun

any of a large subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordate animals, including all mammals, fishes, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, characterized by a brain enclosed in a brainpan and a segmented spinal column

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