| 释义 |
invertebral, a. rare.|ɪnˈvɜːtɪbrəl|
[f. in-3 + vertebral, as a repr. of F. invertébré: see invertebrate.]
= invertebrate a.
1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) App. 298 The invertebral animals are chiefly deposited in cases in the middle of the apartments. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 7 A nervous cord without a brain, answering the purpose of a spinal marrow in most invertebral animals. 1828[see next]. |