Meaning of INVERTEBRATE
| Pronunciation: | | in'vurtubrit
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- [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"
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| | Antonyms: | | vertebrate | | |
| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | Generally, any animal that does not have a spine (vertebrae). Specifically, any animal which is not taxonomically classified within phylum Chordata and subphylum Vertebrata. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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