different between invertebrate vs backboneless

invertebrate

English

Etymology

in- +? vertebrate

Noun

invertebrate (plural invertebrates)

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

Antonyms

  • vertebrate

Translations

Adjective

invertebrate (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a backbone.
    • 1860, Recreative Science (page 110)
      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?

Antonyms

  • vertebrate, vertebrated

Translations

See also

  • inveterate (not to be confused)

Italian

Adjective

invertebrate

  1. feminine plural of invertebrato

invertebrate From the web:

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  • what invertebrates live in water
  • what invertebrates have a true coelom
  • what invertebrate group do worms belong to
  • what invertebrates eat hair algae
  • what invertebrate is a jellyfish


backboneless

English

Etymology

backbone +? -less

Adjective

backboneless (not comparable)

  1. Without a backbone; invertebrate.
  2. Cowardly, spineless.

backboneless From the web:

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