Look up: invertebrates

1. Invertebrates
   A member of the division of the animal kingdom called the invertebrate, the chief characteristic of which is that they do not possess a spinal column, such as insects, slugs, spiders etc.
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2. Invertebrates
   Any organism that does not have a skull, vertebral column and well developed brain. Examples of such an animal would be the rag worm Nereis diversicolor. Commonly found in large numbers buried in the mud and sands of our coasts and estuaries.
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3. Invertebrates
   This is a collective term for all those animals which do not belong to the phylum Chordata (i.e. those without a backbone, or vertebral column). This is a general term and is not a scientific classification.
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4. invertebrates
   Animals that have no spinal column. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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5. INVERTEBRATES
   Animals without backbones. Includes the annelids (worms), molluscs (snails) and arthropods found in caves. (See also macroinvertebrates).
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6. Invertebrates
   are animals without a backbone and may or may not have an external skeleton. Insects are invertebrates.
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