invertebrate
adjective/ɪnˈvɜrtəbrət/
Frequency rank: #16,583 most common English word
Meaning
an animal that lacks a vertebral column (backbone), such as an insect, worm, or jellyfish.
Example sentence
The biology teacher showed students how to identify invertebrate species by the absence of a backbone.
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