invertebrate
Meaning of invertebrate
noun
an animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusc, annelid, coelenterate, etc. The invertebrates constitute an artificial division of the animal kingdom, comprising 95 per cent of animal species and about thirty different phyla.
adjective
denoting an invertebrate or relating to the invertebrates as a group.
early 19th century (as a noun): from modern Latin invertebrata (plural) ‘the invertebrates’ (former taxonomic group), from French invertébrés, from in- ‘without’ + Latin vertebra (see vertebra).
Information about invertebrate
- The plural form of invertebrate is: invertebrates.
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Hyphenation of invertebrate
in-ver-te-brate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- invertebrate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
invertebrate synonyms
Meaning spineless:
Translation of invertebrate
- French: invertébré
- Spanish: invertebrado
- Portuguese: invertebrado
- Italian: invertebrato
- German: wirbellos
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