invertebrate

Speech parts

1. invertebrate - Noun

2. invertebrate - Adjective

Meaning

Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebrae; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.

One of the Invertebrata.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spineless sop herbivore pansy animal chicken beast reptile coward crustacean weak soft organism creature insect
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Antonyms

vertebrate good strong determined hero robust
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Hypernyms

animal beast creature fauna brute animate being

Hyponyms

fly coral drill mosquito shrimp mollusc

Phrases with the word

marine invertebrate burrowing invertebrate small aquatic invertebrate wriggling invertebrate aquatic invertebrate joint-legged invertebrate

Examples

When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate animals are unknown. Then you realize that we live on a relatively unexplored plan. E. O. Wilson

worms are an example of invertebrate animals Source: Internet

Anecdotal accounts as early as the 1930s suggest that the toads were having a negative impact on endemic invertebrate populations. Source: Internet

Dinosaurs, extensive invertebrate and vertebrate collections, plant taxonomies, and so on - these were the orders of the day. Source: Internet

Fauna A noteworthy feature of Paleozoic life is the sudden appearance of nearly all of the invertebrate animal phyla in great abundance at the beginning of the Cambrian. Source: Internet

Endemism is also generally low and the invertebrate fauna is exceptionally pristine with few, if any, (successful) human-induced introductions of alien species. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

invertebracy invertebrae invertebral invertebrate foot invertebrated inverted