backboneless
- a word derived from backbone.
Example Sentences
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Worms are invertebral animals; in other words, they are backboneless, but nevertheless some of them—for example the prickly caterpillars—are full of spines.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 by Various
I had learnt myself to be a feeble, backboneless fighter, conquered by the first serious assault of evil, a creature of mean fears, slave to every crack of the devil's whip, a feeder with swine.
From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
Low down, where the records of life begin, we find an era of backboneless animals only, and the animal forms there found, though various, are all humble in their respective lines of gradation.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
Hundreds of backboneless "scientists" ranged themselves with the enemies of Darwin.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
For the sake of the story, it was necessary that he should be weak; but he is such a very backboneless man, and yet quite strong enough to support the fabric of the plot.
From Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. by Various
