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invertebrates

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  1. Animals without backbones. (Compare vertebrates.)


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NRW added it had found fewer than 10 dead fish and impacts to aquatic invertebrates as a result of the leak.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

They were the first invertebrates -- a broad group of animals including spiders, snails and worms -- shown to use celestial navigation for such long trips.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The eight years Darwin spent dismembering these tiny invertebrates at home took up more than 20 pages in Ms. Browne’s old version; they now receive barely four.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"In order to understand how marine invertebrates are being impacted by things like climate change and how we can better protect these key elements of the ecosystem, we have to be able to identify them."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Offshore, an unfinished break wall was home to kelp beds and invertebrates.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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