vertebration

American  

[vur-tuh-brey-shuhn] / ˌvɜr təˈbreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. vertebrate formation.

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vertebration British  

/ ˌvɜːtɪˈbreɪʃən /

noun

1. the formation of vertebrae or segmentation resembling vertebrae

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Etymology

Origin of vertebration

First recorded in 1880–85; vertebrate + -ion

Example Sentences

Thus most of the "animal organs" take part in this vertebration.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

This segmentation of the muscles was the momentous historical process with which vertebration, and the development of the vertebrate stem, began.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

At first we see the vertebration in the hinder region of the skull very clearly.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell