different between backbone vs invertebrated

backbone

English

Etymology

From Middle English bakbon, bakebon, bac-bon, equivalent to back +? bone. Compare the semantically analogous Old English hry??b?n (backbone; spine), West Frisian rêchbonke (backbone).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?bæk?b??n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?bæk?bo?n/

Noun

backbone (countable and uncountable, plural backbones)

  1. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
  2. (figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
  3. (figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.

Synonyms

  • spine
  • spinal column
  • vertebral column
  • See also Thesaurus:backbone

Translations

backbone From the web:

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  • what backbone protects
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  • what backbone is called
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invertebrated

English

Adjective

invertebrated (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) invertebrate; without a backbone

invertebrated From the web:

  • what invertebrates
  • what invertebrates have a closed circulatory system
  • what invertebrates have exoskeletons
  • what invertebrates live in water
  • what invertebrates have a true coelom
  • what invertebrates eat hair algae
  • what invertebrates live in the ocean
  • what invertebrates develop through metamorphosis
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