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Invertebrate
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- 1 Without a backbone: without vertebrae. not-comparable
"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?"
- 2 Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character. not-comparable
"This week Fifa’s morally invertebrate president, Gianni Infantino, gave a speech that attempted to paint his World Cup as a marker of a grand struggle between the bright new world and corrupt old Europe, with Infantino himself the Mandela at its centre."
- 1 lacking a backbone or spinal column wordnet
- 1 An animal without vertebrae (i.e., without a backbone).
"Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue."
- 2 any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification wordnet
- 3 A spineless person; a coward. informal
Etymology
From in- + vertebrate.
From in- + vertebrate.
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