INVERTEBRATE
Definition:
- [noun] any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
- [adjective] lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals"
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Related Words:
- arthropod
- zoophyte
- sponge, poriferan, parazoan
- coelenterate, cnidarian
- ctenophore, comb jelly
- worm
- woodborer, borer
- rotifer
- mollusk, mollusc, shellfish
- phoronid
- bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal
- ectoproct
- entoproct
- Symbion pandora
- brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell
- peanut worm, sipunculid
- echinoderm
