How many syllables in vertebrate?

There are 3 syllables in the word vertebrate.

How to pronounce vertebrate:

vertebrate (noun):: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium.; any of a subphylum (vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life

amniota

amniote

amphibian

animal

aquatic vertebrate

beast

beastie

belly

biped

bird

blastie

brute

carnivore

caudal appendage

chest

chordate

costa

craniata

craniate

creature

critter

dactyl

digit

fetus

foetus

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