Invertebrate

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  • adjective. Lacking a backbone or spinal column; not vertebrate.
  • adjective. Of or relating to invertebrates.
  • noun. An animal, such as an insect or mollusk, that lacks a backbone or spinal column.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not vertebrate; having no backbone; specifically, of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. Also invertebral, invertebrated.
  • Figuratively, flaccid, as if from lack of a backbone; wanting strength, firmness, or consistency; weak; nerveless.
  • noun. An invertebrated animal; any one of the Invertebrata.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.
  • adjective. See Age, and Silurian.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone.
  • adjective. Lacking a backbone.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
  • adjective. lacking a backbone or spinal column
    • Word Usage
    "Nosema fungus that researchers had previously suspected, and a DNA-virus called invertebrate iridescent virus (IIV)."
    cross-reference
    invertebrate matrix  
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    animal  animate being  beast  brute  creature  
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    arthropod  borer  brachiopod  bryozoan  cnidarian  
    Rhyme
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    vertebrate  
    Same Context
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    algae  amphibia  arthropoda  backboned  borers  
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    Milquetoast  abulic  afraid  amphibian  aquatic  
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