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invertebrate /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/

▶noun an animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusc, annelid, etc. Compare with vertebrate. ▶adjective relating to the invertebrates.

– origin C19: from mod. L. invertebrata (pl.) (former taxonomic group), from Fr. invertébrés, from in- ‘without’ + L. vertebra (see vertebra).

'invertebrate' also found in these Oxford entries:

arthropod - aschelminth - bivalve - brachiopod - breathe - brood - bryozoan - Cambrian - cnidarian - coelenterate - ctenophore - cuticle - dioecious - echinoderm - egg - exoskeleton - feather star - fish - giant squid - graptolite - hemichordate - hydrozoan - insect - instar - invert - jaw - lamp shell - lower animals - millipede - mollusc - monoecious - myrmecophile - onychophoran - ossicle - phytophagous - plastron - platyhelminth - poriferan - proliferous - salp - self-fertilization - spineless - sponge - sporocyst - style - stylet - tunicate - urochordate - velvet worm

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