invertebrate

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
  2. adjective lacking a backbone or spinal column

Etymology

From in- + vertebrate.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
animal
Narrower (hyponyms)
phoronid, zoophyte, rotifer, symbion pandora, bryozoan, brachiopod

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