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microinvertebrate

microinvertebrate noun: an invertebrate of microscopic size.

Noun

microinvertebrate (plural microinvertebrates)

  1. An invertebrate of microscopic size.

Forms of microinvertebrate

pluralmicroinvertebrates

Origin of microinvertebrate

From micro- + invertebrate, perhaps by analogy with microorganism.

Questions about microinvertebrate

What does microinvertebrate mean?
Microinvertebrate means an invertebrate of microscopic size.
What part of speech is microinvertebrate?
Microinvertebrate is a noun.
What is the plural of microinvertebrate?
The plural of microinvertebrate is microinvertebrates.

Words near microinvertebrate in the dictionary

  1. microinvasions
  2. microinvasive
  3. microinvasiveness
  4. microinversion
  5. microinversions
  6. microinvertebrate
  7. microinvertebrates
  8. microinverter
  9. microinverters
  10. microinvertivore
  11. microinvertivores

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