invertebrate
suomi-englanti sanakirjainvertebrate englannista suomeksi
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Substantiivi
invertebrate englanniksi
1860, ''Recreative Science'' (page 110)
- Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate?
Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
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(quote-journal)|title=Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe|journal=(w)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/21/irans-brave-and-powerful-gesture-is-a-small-wonder-from-a-world-cup-of-woe|passage=This week Fifa’s morally invertebrate president, Gianni Infantino, gave a speech that attempted to paint his World Cup as a marker of a grand struggle between the bright new world and corrupt old Europe, with Infantino himself the Mandela at its centre.
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