invertebrate

English

An example of an invertebrate- a sea cucumber.

Etymology

in- +‎ vertebrate

Noun

invertebrate (plural invertebrates)

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

Antonyms

vertebrate

Translations

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

Adjective

invertebrate (not comparable)

Lacking a backbone.

Antonyms

vertebrate, vertebrated

Translations

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)

Italian

Adjective

invertebrate

feminine plural of invertebrato

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