invertebrate
Etymology
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Etymology
From in- + vertebrate.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/
invertebrate (plural invertebrates)
Antonyms Translations- French: invertébré
- German: Invertebrat, Wirbelloses
- Italian: invertebrato
- Portuguese: invertebrado
- Russian: беспозвоно́чное
- Spanish: invertebrado
invertebrate (not comparable)
- Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae.
- 1860, Recreative Science, page 110:
- Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate?
- Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
- Synonyms: spineless
- French: invertébré
- German: wirbellos
- Italian: invertebrato
- Portuguese: invertebrado
- Russian: беспозвоно́чный
- Spanish: invertebrado
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