Invertebrate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Invertebrate \In*ver"te*brate\, a. (Zool.)
     Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebr[ae]; of or
     pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n. One of the
     Invertebrata.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Age of invertebrates}. See {Age}, and {Silurian}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  invertebrate
       adj : lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example
             of invertebrate animals" [ant: {vertebrate}]
       n : any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not
           used as a scientific classification

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "invertebrate":
     Milquetoast, abulic, afraid, amphibian, aquatic, baby, big baby,
     biped, canine, cannibal, carnivore, chicken, chicken liver,
     cosmopolite, coward, cowardly, crustacean, crustaceous, crybaby,
     disorganized, doormat, dull tool, emasculate, faint, fainthearted,
     feeble, feebleminded, feline, forceless, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat,
     frail, funk, funker, gnawer, gutless wonder, herbivore, impotent,
     inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, infirm, insectivore,
     jellyfish, lightweight, lily liver, mammal, mammalian, marsupial,
     marsupialian, meek soul, milksop, molluscan, mollycoddle, mouse,
     namby-pamby, nebbish, nonentity, omnivore, pansy, pantywaist,
     pliable, primate, protozoan, protozoic, pushover, quadruped,
     reptile, rodent, ruminant, sad sack, scaredy-cat, scavenger, sissy,
     softling, softy, sop, spineless, ungulate, varmint, vermin,
     vertebrate, weak, weak sister, weak-kneed, weak-minded,
     weak-willed, weakling, white feather, white liver