| NOUN | animal | invertebrate foot, foot | any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates |
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| Meaning | Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates. | |
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| Synonym | foot | |
| Part of | invertebrate | Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord |
| Narrower | 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 |
| Broader | organ | A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
| Spanish | patas | |
| Catalan | potes | |
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