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INVERTEBRATE FOOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
Synonyms:
foot; invertebrate foot
Classified under:
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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