беспозвоночный

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Russian

Etymology

From бес- (bes-) +‎ позвоно́к (pozvonók) +‎ -ный (-nyj), a calque of German wirbellos. First attested in 1836.

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Adjective

беспозвоно́чный (bespozvonóčnyj)

  1. invertebrate
  2. (figuratively) spineless, gutless
    Synonym: бесхребе́тный (besxrebétnyj)

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “беспозвоночный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 54