invertebrate

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EnglishEdit

An example of an invertebrate- a sea cucumber.

EtymologyEdit

in- +‎ vertebrate

NounEdit

invertebrate (plural invertebrates)

1. An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone.
2. (informal) A spineless person; a coward.

AntonymsEdit

• vertebrate

TranslationsEdit

animal without backbone

• Afrikaans: invertebraat
• Albanian: invertebrore m
• Arabic: لَا فَقَارِيّ‎‎ (lā faqāriyy)
• Armenian: անողնաշար (hy) (anołnašar)
• Breton: divellkeineg m
• Catalan: invertebrat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無脊椎動物 (zh), 无脊椎动物 (zh) (wújǐzhuī dòngwù)

• Czech: bezobratlý (cs) m
• Dutch: ongewervelde (nl)
• Esperanto: malvertebrulo, senvertebrulo
• Finnish: selkärangaton (fi)
• French: invertébré (fr) m
• Galician: invertebrado m
• German: Invertebrat n, Wirbelloses n
• Greek: ασπόνδυλο (el) n (aspóndylo)
• Hungarian: gerinctelen (hu)
• Irish: inveirteabrach m
• Italian: invertebrato (it) m

• Japanese: 無脊椎動物 (ja) (むせきついどうぶつ, musekitsui dōbutsu)
• Khmer: សត្វឥតឆ្អឹងកង (sat it che eng kong)
• Lao: ສັດບໍ່ມີກະດູກສັນຫລັງ (sad bomi kaduk sanlang)
• Lithuanian: bestuburis m
• Macedonian: безрбетнички m (bezrbétnički)
• Malay: haiwan invertebrat, invertebrat
• Maori: hātaretare
• Navajo: chʼosh bíígháán ádaadinígíí
• Portuguese: invertebrado (pt) m
• Romanian: nevertebrată (ro) f, nevertebrat (ro) m
• Russian: беспозвоно́чное (ru) n (bespozvonóčnoje)
• Serbo-Croatian: beskičmenjak (sh) m, beskičmen (sh) m, beskralješnjak m
• Spanish: invertebrado (es) m
• Swahili: wasouti
• Swedish: ryggradslöst djur (sv) n
• Turkish: omurgasız (tr)
• Ukrainian: безхребетна тварина f (bezkhrebetna tvaryna)
• Vietnamese: động vật không xương sống

AdjectiveEdit

invertebrate (not comparable)

1. Lacking a backbone.

AntonymsEdit

• vertebrate, vertebrated

TranslationsEdit

lacking backbone

• Armenian: անողնաշար (hy) (anołnašar)
• Asturian: invertebráu (ast)
• Catalan: invertebrat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無脊椎的, 无脊椎的 (wú jǐzhuī de)

• Dutch: ongewerveld (nl)
• Finnish: selkärangaton (fi)
• French: invertébré (fr)
• Galician: invertebrado
• German: wirbellos (de)
• Indonesian: invertebrata (id)
• Irish: inveirteabrach
• Italian: invertebrato (it)
• Japanese: 無脊椎 (ja) (むせきつい, musekitsui)

• Macedonian: безрбетник m (bez'rbetnik)
• Malay: tidak bertulang belakang, invertebrat
• Maori: tuaiwikore
• Navajo: bíígháán ádaadinígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: virvelløs

• Occitan: invertebrat
• Polish: bezkręgowiec (pl)
• Portuguese: invertebrado (pt)
• Romanian: nevertebrat (ro) m, n
• Russian: беспозвоно́чный (ru) (bespozvonóčnyj)
• Spanish: invertebrado (es)
• Swedish: ryggradslös (sv)

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ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

invertebrate

1. feminine plural of invertebrato