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invertebrate
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invertebrate /in·ver·te·brate/ (-ver´tĕ-brāt)
1. having no spinal column.
2. any animal having no spinal column.
in·ver·te·brate (n-vûrt-brt, -brt)
adj.
1. Lacking a backbone or spinal column; not vertebrate.
2. Of or relating to invertebrates.
n.
An animal, such as an insect or a mollusk, that lacks a backbone or spinal column.
invertebrate
[invur′təbrit]
an animal that lacks a vertebral column. Invertebrates comprise more than 95% of all species of animals.
invertebrate [in-ver´tĕ-brāt]
1. having no vertebral column.
2. any animal that has no vertebral column.
invertebrate
1. having no vertebral column.
2. any animal that has no vertebral column.
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Macroinvertebrates will also have been killed and they are the fish food so the whole environment will be having issues.
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Macroinvertebrates will also have been killed, and they are the fish food, so the whole environment will be having issues.
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