Vertebrate - Humans are vertebrates
noun countable
/ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/
(specialist)
any animal with a backbone, including all mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians
Without expansion , they could save around 2000 species of endangered land vertebrates.
Insects and worms are invertebrates.
countable from in- ‘without’ + Latin vertebra (from vertere ‘to turn’).
(specialist)
any animal with no backbone, for example a worm
Human beings aren't invertebrates.
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