invertebrate
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invertebrate
- /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/
noun invertebrates
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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.
Opposite: vertebrate
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A spineless person; a coward.
Similar: gutless wonder, bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse, coistril, coward, chicken, chicken liver, chickenshit, cocktail, cowardy custard
Similar: invertebrate · Opposite: vertebrate
adjective
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Without a backbone: without vertebrae.
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?
Similar: spineless · Opposite: vertebrate, vertebrated
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Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
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.
Similar: spineless, backboneless, base, soft, bitch-ass, boneless, caitiff, candy-assed, chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, chickenshit
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noun
Similar: invertebrate · Opposite: vertebrate
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noun animal without backbone
| Español | invertebrado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무척추동물 mucheokchudongmul |
| 日本語 | 無脊椎動物 musekitsui dōbutsu |
| 中文 | 無脊椎動物 /无脊椎动物 wújǐzhuī dòngwù |
| Kiswahili | wasouti |
| Português | invertebrado |
| Français | invertébré |
| Deutsch | Invertebrat, Wirbelloses |
| Italiano | invertebrato |
| Ελληνικά | ασπόνδυλο aspóndylo |
| Română | nevertebrată, nevertebrat |
| Русский | беспозвоно́чное bespozvonóčnoje |
| Tiếng Việt | động vật không xương sống |
| العربية | لَا فَقَارِيّ lā faqāriyy |
adj lacking backbone
| Español | invertebrado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무척추 mucheokchu |
| 日本語 | 無脊椎 musekitsui |
| 中文 | 無脊椎的 /无脊椎的 wú jǐzhuī de |
| Português | invertebrado |
| Français | invertébré |
| Deutsch | wirbellos |
| Italiano | invertebrato |
| Română | nevertebrat |
| Русский | беспозвоно́чный bespozvonóčnyj, бесхребе́тный besxrebétnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | không xương sống |
Talk about this word "invertebrate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/invertebrate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. invertebrate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/invertebrate "invertebrate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/invertebrate.Cite this
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title = {invertebrate},
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