invertebrato

Definitions of invertebrato
  1. noun
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
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    artropode
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
    spugna
    primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
    verme, vermo
    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
    mollusco
    invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
    brachiopode
    marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
    echinoderma
    marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
    aracnide, aracnidi
    air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
    polipo
    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
    medusa
    any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
    tarlo
    a larva of a woodborer
    nematode
    unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
    acefali, lamellibranchi
    marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
    crostaceo, frutto di mare
    any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
    insetto
    small air-breathing arthropod
    crinoide
    primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
    type of:
    animale, bestia, bruto, organismo animale
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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