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Vertebrate

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an animal possessing a backbone or spinal column
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Stage 1 of 2
vertebratus
Latin · ancient
"jointed, having a spine"
having joints, having a spine, from vertere (to turn)
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Stage 2 of 2
vertebrate
English · 1826
"an animal possessing a backbone"
adopted by biologists for animals possessing a backbone
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