invertébré

Definitions of invertébré
  1. noun
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
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    arthropode
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
    éponge
    primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
    cnidaires
    radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
    cténophore
    biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
    asticot, ver
    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
    coquillage, mollusque
    invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
    échinodermes
    marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
    arachnide
    air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
    plathelminthe, ver plathelminthe
    parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
    annélide
    worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
    gastéropode
    a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
    pieuvre
    marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
    crustacé
    any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
    insecte
    small air-breathing arthropod
    étoile de mer
    echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
    oursin
    shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells
    concombre de mer, holothurie
    echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
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    animal, créature, être
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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