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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invertebrates
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More about Galapagos tortoises Galapagos tortoises are herbivores native to the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025 -
The researchers suggest this might be because these herbivores favored the expanding green plains that emerged as a large inland sea retreated, making their fossils more likely to be preserved in the dominant sediment types of that time.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Apr. 2025
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Today, this gives us a fossil record dominated by carnivores, rather than herbivores.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The authors acknowledge that other non-intentional factors can cause such flaking, particularly the gnawing of carnivores.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Invertebrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invertebrates. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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