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in vertebrates

[ in-vur-tuh-brit, -breyt ]SEE DEFINITION OF in vertebrates

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WORD ORIGIN

1826, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + vertebra "joint" (see vertebra). Invertebrata as a biological classification was coined 1805 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832). As an adjective by 1838.