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invertebrate

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[ UK /ɪnvˈɜːtɪbɹˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈvɝtəˌbɹeɪt, ˌɪnˈvɝtəbɹət/ ]
NOUN
  1. any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
ADJECTIVE
  1. lacking a backbone or spinal column
    worms are an example of invertebrate animals

How To Use invertebrate In A Sentence

  • A couple of the multicellular test subjects died and the invertebrates had a fifty-fifty survival rate.
  • In addition to fish, Pterois volitans feed on invertebrates such as amphipods, isopods, and other crustaceans.
  • There are more than 50 fish species whose lives are linked to Sargassum, and a myriad of invertebrates, including gastropods, polychaetes, bryozoans, anemones, and sea-spiders.
  • Melanic forms of invertebrates might have advantages in thermoregulation and UV-B radiation protection [174]. Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation
  • Tropical marine invertebrates, unlike marine fish which are notoriously difficult to successfully breed in captivity, are far more accommodating.
  • This is probably one of the most archaic sensory receptors, which is present even in invertebrates such as the roundworm, leech or aplysia Time-surface temperature thresholds for thermal injury of Human skin. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Fish eat snails in their shells and hard-shelled crustacea as well as invertebrates with exoskeletons.
  • Other descendants of the marine invertebrates have also left the water.
  • The distribution, water chemistry, ecology, hydrology, limnology, and invertebrate and amphibian fauna of vernal ponds have been investigated.
  • Their diet consists primarily of parasitic copepods and other invertebrates that are taken from the mouth and gill openings of larger fish.
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