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evertebrate

evertebrate noun: any animal lacking a backbone.

Noun

evertebrate (plural evertebrates)

  1. Any animal lacking a backbone.
    Synonyms:
    invertebrate
    Antonyms:
    vertebrate

Adjective

evertebrate (not comparable)

  1. Having no backbone.
    Antonyms:
    vertebrate

Synonyms of evertebrate

Antonyms

Forms of evertebrate

pluralevertebrates

Origin of evertebrate

From e- + vertebrate.

Questions about evertebrate

What does evertebrate mean?
Evertebrate means any animal lacking a backbone.
What part of speech is evertebrate?
Evertebrate can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of evertebrate?
The plural of evertebrate is evertebrates.

Words near evertebrate in the dictionary

  1. Eversole
  2. Everson
  3. Eversons
  4. evert
  5. evertebral
  6. evertebrate
  7. evertebrated
  8. evertebrates
  9. everted
  10. evertest
  11. everteth

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