About The Word Invertebrate

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Invertebrate

Invertebrate Meaning & Definition
Invertebrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Invertebrate?

[n] any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
[adj] (zoology) lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Invertebrate:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Invertebrate: abulic | afraid | amphibian | aquatic | baby | big baby | biped | canine | cannibal | carnivore | chicken | chicken liver | cosmopolite | coward | cowardly | crustacean | crustaceous | crybaby | disorganized | doormat | dull tool | emasculate | faint | fainthearted | feeble | feebleminded | feline | forceless | fraid-cat | fraidy-cat | frail | funk | funker | gnawer | gutless wonder | herbivore | impotent | inadequate | ineffective | ineffectual | infirm | insectivore | jellyfish | lightweight | lily liver | mammal | mammalian | marsupial | marsupialian | meek soul | milksop | Milquetoast | molluscan | mollycoddle | mouse | namby-pamby | nebbish | nonentity | omnivore | pansy | pantywaist | pliable | primate | protozoan | protozoic | pushover | quadruped | reptile | rodent | ruminant | sad sack | scaredy-cat | scavenger | sissy | softling | softy | sop | spineless | ungulate | varmint | vermin | vertebrate | weak | weak sister | weak-kneed | weakling | weak-minded | weak-willed | white feather | white liver

See Also | animal | animate being | arthropod | beast | borer | brachiopod | brute | bryozoan | cnidarian | coelenterate | comb jelly | creature | ctenophore | echinoderm | ectoproct | entoproct | fauna | foot | invertebrate foot | lamp shell | lampshell | mollusc | mollusk | moss animal | parazoan | peanut worm | peristome | phoronid | polyzoan | poriferan | rotifer | sea mat | sea moss | shellfish | sipunculid | sponge | Symbion pandora | woodborer | worm | zoophyte

Invertebrate In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ver"te*brate\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebr[ae]; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n. One of the Invertebrata. {Age of invertebrates}. See {Age}, and {Silurian}.

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