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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