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invertebrate (adj.)
"having naturally no backbone," 1819, from Latin
in-
"not" (see
in-
(1)) +
vertebratus
(Pliny), from
vertebra
"joint or articulation of the body, joint of the spine" (see
vertebra
). As a noun, "an invertebrate animal," 1826.
