adj contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.
2. vertebrated ·adj of or pertaining to the vertebrata;
used only in the form vertebrate.
3. vertebrated ·adj having movable joints resembling vertebrae;
said of the arms ophiurans.
4. vertebrated ·adj having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.