alutaceous

 [al-yuh-tey-shuhs]  

al·u·ta·ceous

   [al-yuh-tey-shuhs]
adjective
1.
Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
2.
having the color of soft brown leather.
Origin:
1870–75; < Late Latin alūtācius, equivalent to Latin alūt(a) leather softened with alum + -ācius -acious (altered to -aceous); Latin alūta appears to be a past participle (alū- + -ta, feminine of -tus) akin to alū- in alūmen alum1
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Alutaceous is always a great word to know.
So is vertebrate. Does it mean:
having a backbone or spinal column
phylum comprised of annelids
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