Invertebrate Definition & Meaning

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Invertebrate

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 \Inver"tebrate\, 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}.

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:

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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