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INVERTEBRATE FOOT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

Synonyms:

foot; invertebrate foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("invertebrate foot" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "invertebrate foot"):

tube foot (tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration)

Holonyms ("invertebrate foot" is a part of...):

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

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