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- noun Plural form of
invertebrate .
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Examples
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The fish employs this sense to find and root up insect larvae and other invertebrates from the mud and sand of the river - or lakebed.
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Lwoff became close friends with Edgar Lederer and was the original inspiration for Lederer's and Kuhn's studies of polyenes in invertebrates.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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The lower animals devoid of backbones, and therefore called invertebrates, are not so well-known except to the student of comparative anatomy, because they are not so often met with, and because they are usually very small or microscopic; but in many respects their importance to the evolutionist surpasses that of the vertebrates.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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But the invertebrates were a vague and ill-assorted heap of animals.
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But the invertebrates were a vague and ill-assorted heap of animals.
Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work Mitchell, P Chalmers 1900
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The next work in which Lamarck deals with the classification of the invertebrates is his _Discours d'ouverture du Cours des Animaux sans
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Even in the case of more poorly known wetland fauna, such as invertebrates, existing assessments show that species in these groups are significantly threatened with extinction (C20. 3.2).
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Maybe that is why so many in congress are "invertebrates" as former Reagan Assistant A.
Govt. Looks for Leaker on Warrantless Wiretaps - Newsweek - MSNBC.com Michael Caddell 2007
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Watch Bruce Fein, the man who wrote the first Article of Impeachment of Bill Clinton and John Nichols author of "The Cure of Impeachment" give viewers some tough talk about impeaching Bush/Cheney for "the behavior of a King" even in the face of the "invertebrates" in congress.
Bill Moyers Journal . TOUGH TALK ABOUT IMPEACHMENT. Michael Caddell 2007
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The crushing defeats of the anti-war movements since 2004, after huge demonstrations at the nation's capital city all aimed at influencing the "invertebrates" calling themselves our representative democractic leaders has lead to this national crisis.
Why is Dr. Noam Chomsky calling it, "an elective dictatorship?" Michael Caddell 2007
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