Thesaurus / invertebrate
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
They have the largest brain to body mass ratio of known invertebrates, and have incredibly complex nervous systems.
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Because of that close resemblance to invertebrates, lampreys have long been treated as a model for the earliest vertebrates--not exactly our ancestors, but dopplegangers.
THESE FOSSILIZED LAMPREY HATCHLINGS DISPROVE AN AGE-OLD EVOLUTIONARY THEORYPHILIP KIEFERMARCH 11, 2021POPULAR SCIENCE
While there’s no doubt that such charismatic megafauna suffered enormously, the greatest toll is likely to have been in other groups of species, such as invertebrates and plants, which often escape the public’s attention.
A YEAR AFTER AUSTRALIA’S WILDFIRES, EXTINCTION THREATENS HUNDREDS OF SPECIESJOHN PICKRELLMARCH 9, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
Despite their many legs, these invertebrates are typically slow moving, live in litter under logs or rocks and are very vulnerable to fire.
A YEAR AFTER AUSTRALIA’S WILDFIRES, EXTINCTION THREATENS HUNDREDS OF SPECIESJOHN PICKRELLMARCH 9, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
Though those figures are astounding, the impacts on lesser-studied groups such as invertebrates and plants may have been even greater.
A YEAR AFTER AUSTRALIA’S WILDFIRES, EXTINCTION THREATENS HUNDREDS OF SPECIESJOHN PICKRELLMARCH 9, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
If ancient bobbit worms did terrorize the seafloor back then, their burrows are a rare example of invertebrates hunting vertebrates.
GIANT WORMS MAY HAVE HIDDEN BENEATH THE ANCIENT SEAFLOOR TO AMBUSH PREYHELEN THOMPSONFEBRUARY 16, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
The worms that lived in these ancient tunnels were invertebrates.
GIANT WORMS MAY HAVE HIDDEN BENEATH THE ANCIENT SEAFLOOR TO AMBUSH PREYHELEN THOMPSONFEBRUARY 16, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Because the worms that lived in these ancient tunnels were invertebrates, they didn’t have skeletons to leave behind in the fossil record.
GIANT WORMS MAY HAVE BURROWED INTO THE ANCIENT SEAFLOOR TO AMBUSH PREYHELEN THOMPSONJANUARY 22, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
“It is almost always a challenge to link fossil traces to specific trace makers,” says David Rudkin, an invertebrate paleontologist at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, who was not involved with this study.
GIANT WORMS MAY HAVE BURROWED INTO THE ANCIENT SEAFLOOR TO AMBUSH PREYHELEN THOMPSONJANUARY 22, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
The invertebrate fauna of the British deposits is, as might be expected, very poor until the beds of the Rhtic series are reached.
WORDS RELATED TO INVERTEBRATE
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- invertebrate
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- paltry
- powerless
- spineless
- unable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- invertebrate
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- paltry
- powerless
- spineless
- unable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- invertebrate
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- paltry
- powerless
- spineless
- unable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
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