invertebrate (redirected from Macroinvertebrate)

invertebrate /in·ver·te·brate/ (-ver´te-brat)

1. having no spinal column.

2. any animal having no spinal column.

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in·ver·te·brate (n-vûrt-brt, -brt)

adj.

1. Lacking a backbone or spinal column; not vertebrate.

2. Of or relating to invertebrates.

n.

An animal, such as an insect or a mollusk, that lacks a backbone or spinal column.

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invertebrate

1. having no vertebral column.

2. any animal that has no vertebral column.