Wirbelloses Gewebetier

Definitions of Wirbelloses Gewebetier
  1. noun
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
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    Gliederfüßler
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
    Schwamm
    primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
    Hohltier
    radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
    Wurm
    any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
    Molluske, Weichtier
    invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
    Stachelhäuter
    marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
    Spinnentier
    air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
    Polyp
    one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
    Qualle
    any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
    Blumentier
    sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
    Plattwurm
    parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
    Schlauchwurm
    soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract
    Ringelwurm
    worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
    Schalenträger
    a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
    Kopffüßler, Tintenfisch, Tintenschnecke
    marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
    Krebs, Krebstier, Krustentier
    any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
    Insekt, Kerbtier
    small air-breathing arthropod
    Seestern
    echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
    Seeigel
    shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells
    Seewalze
    echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
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    Tier
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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