Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invertebrates
Noun
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More than 18,000 fish species live in the freshwater systems around the world -- accounting for nearly 25% of all vertebrates on the planet, according to the paper.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025 -
This suggests that a role in the development of this region for hox genes is the ancestral state, and was present prior to the limbed vertebrates diverging from fish.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That group of herbivores were among the first dinosaurs to be discovered and studied, according to the paper.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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Ornithomimosaurs were likely not strictly carnivores, but rather omnivores or herbivores, Nau said.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 22,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Guides such as Eggleston place observers on sandbars at least 150 feet from the charismatic carnivores.—
Susan Portnoy,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
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Mountain lions are hunters, carnivores, apex predators.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Invertebrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invertebrates. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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