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- pronunciation:
- ihn
vuhr
t
breIt
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ihn
vuhr
t
briht
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
without a spinal column or backbone; not vertebrate.
A slug is an invertebrate animal.- similar words:
- spineless
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| definition 2: |
having to do with invertebrate animals.
invertebrate zoology |
adverb + (adj.)invertebrate
mainly, negatively
(adj.)invertebrate
+ noun
anatomy,
assemblage,
change,
community,
composition,
coral,
curator,
decomposition,
dispersal,
disturbance,
domination,
earthworm,
effect,
experiment,
fauna,
flood,
flourish,
fossil,
group,
host,
litter,
loss,
mechanism,
mole,
organism,
paleontologist,
paleontology,
percentage,
photograph,
phyla,
predator,
prey,
recovery,
richness,
scavenger,
substance,
tax,
title,
turn,
valley,
weight,
zoology
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an invertebrate animal.
More invertebrates exist on earth than animals that possess a spinal column.
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adjective + (n.)invertebrate
aquatic, complex, freshwater, intertidal, larval, marine, numerous, other, small, terrestrial, tiny
verb + (n.)invertebrate
collect, eat, feed, lack, study
(n.)invertebrate
+ verb
affect, discover, inhabit, tend
noun + (n.)invertebrate
abundance,
animal,
biodiversity,
bottom,
butterfly,
catch,
chain,
distribution,
diversity,
fish,
food,
habitat,
insect,
larva,
microbe,
nematode,
plant,
population,
reef,
sediment,
soil,
species,
stream,
web,
worm
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broader category that includes invertebrates |
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animal |
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lacking in invertebrates |
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backbone |
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some examples of invertebrates |
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abalone, barnacle, beetle, centipede, clam, cockle, crab, crayfish, earthworm, jellyfish, leech, lobster, millipede, mussel, octopus, oyster, quahog, scallop, scorpion, sea anemone, sea urchin, shrimp, slug, snail, sponge, squid, starfish, turtle |
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some kinds of invertebrates |
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arthropod, insect, mollusk, shellfish, spider, worm |
The word invertebrate
contains the following parts:
vers, vert
Latin
root
that means to turn; to be occupied with
  Example words:
adversary, adversative, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advertisement, animadversion, animadvert, anniversary, averse, aversion, avert, controversial, controversy, controvert, conversable, conversant, conversation, converse1, convert, converter, convertible, covert, divers, diverse, diversify, diversion, diversity, divert, divorce, eversion, evert, extraversion, extroversion, extrovert, inadvertence, inadvertent, intervertebral, introversion, introvert, inverse, inversion, invert, invertebrate, inverter, irreversible, malversation, obverse, perverse, perversion, perversity, pervert, reconvert, revers, reversal, reverse, reversible, reversion, revert, subversion, subvert, tergiversate, transversal, transverse, traverse, universalism, universality, universe, university, versatile, versatility, verse, versicle, version, verso, versus, vertebral, vertebrate, vertex, vertical, verticil, vertiginous, vice versa, vortex
-ate2
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of; in a state of
Example words:
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