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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
無脊椎動物
- invertebrate
Antonyms
Japanese
Etymology
無脊椎 (musekitsui, “invertebracy”) + 動物 (dōbutsu, “animal”)
Pronunciation
Noun
無脊椎動物 • (musekitsui dōbutsu)
- invertebrate
1916, 丘浅次郎, 境界なき差別, 青空文庫:
- 脊椎動物には体の中軸に脊骨があり、無脊椎動物にはけっして脊骨がないといえば、その間の境界は、きわめて判然しているごとくに聞えるが、実物について調査すると、発生の途中に一度脊骨ができて、後にふたたびこれを失うもの、わずかに脊骨の痕跡のみを有するものなどが、いくらもあって、けっして明らかな境界はない
- Sekitsui dōbutsu ni wa karada no chūjiku ni sebone ga ari, musekitsui dōbutsu ni wa kesshite sebone ga nai to ieba, sono aida no kyōkai wa, kiwamete hanzen shite iru gotoku ni kikoeru ga, jitsubutsu ni tsuite chōsa suru to, hassei no tochū ni ichido sebone ga dekite, nochi ni futatabi kore o ushinau mono, wazuka ni sebone no konseki nomi o yūsuru mono nado ga, ikura mo atte, kesshite akiraka na kyōkai wa nai
- If I said that vertebrates have a backbone along the central axis of their body and invertebrates never do, it would sound as if the boundary between them were very distinct, but if you examine actual specimens, there will be those that develop a backbone once during their ontogeny and subsequently lose it, those that have just a small vestige of a backbone, and many other such cases. There is by no means a clear boundary.
Antonyms
Korean
Noun
無脊椎動物 • (mucheokchudongmul) (hangeul 무척추동물)
- hanja form? of 무척추동물 (“invertebrate”)