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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
invertebrate
in·ver·te·brate [invertebrate invertebrates] BrE [ɪnˈvɜːtɪbrət] NAmE [ɪnˈvɜːrtɪbrət] noun (technical)
any animal with no ↑backbone, for example a ↑worm
compare ↑vertebrate
Word Origin:
early 19th cent. (as a noun): from modern Latin invertebrata (plural) ‘the invertebrates’ (former taxonomic group), from French invertébrés, from in- ‘without’ + Latin vertebra (from vertere ‘to turn’).
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