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Spined vs Vertebrate - What's the difference?

spined | vertebrate |

As adjectives the difference between spined and vertebrate

is that spined is (not comparable) having spines, spiny while vertebrate is having a backbone.

As a noun vertebrate is

an animal having a backbone.

spined

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Having spines, spiny.
  • (comparable, in combination, usually, figuratively) Having a certain type of spine (backbone).
    • He's just another linguini-spined politician.

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    vertebrate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a backbone.
    • Derived terms
    * megavertebrate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal having a backbone.

    • Antonyms

    * invertebrate
    Derived terms
    * megavertebrate

    Hyponyms

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