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Invertebrate - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Invertebrate : adj : lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example
of invertebrate animals" [ant: vertebrate]
(noun)
1: any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not
used as a scientific classification
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Invertebrate : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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