Invertebrate
Invertebrate adjective - Lacking a backbone or spinal column.
Usage example: worms are an example of invertebrate animals
Vertebrate is an antonym for invertebrate.
Vertebrate
Vertebrate adjective - Having a backbone or spinal column.
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Synonyms for Vertebrate
Invertebrate is an antonym for vertebrate.
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- Most of the main invertebrate groups appeared then, as well as the first vertebrate ancestors.
Source: Useful Notes / Prehistoric Life -
The Cray are pretty much half vertebrate, and they have the extra limbs on the invertebrate part of their bodies.
Source: Literature / The Scar - Many possible ancestors of known invertebrate groups show up in the record, including comb-jellies, sponges, corals, anemones, and molluscs, and one fossil might even be a chordate (vertebrate ancestor).
Source: Useful Notes / Prehistoric Life
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