Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invertebrates
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Estimated to exceed 120 feet in length and weigh around 69 tons, this colossal saurpod offered new insight into the size limits of terrestrial vertebrates.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Nov. 2025 -
Similarly, those methods may affect the balance of habitat suited for giant garter snakes, Hansen said, affecting the aquatic ecology of an area, from microbes to vertebrates, and from prey species to predators.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
20 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Stay at least 25 yards, or about two school buses, away from herbivores like moose, elk, deer, and bison.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Dec. 2025
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Their spectrum still ranges from pure carnivores to pure herbivores, with most bears today being omnivores.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Dec. 2025
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Rabies is a fatal viral disease primarily found in bats and wild carnivores, such as raccoons, skunks, and foxes, also referred to as rabies vector species.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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The common fish, classed as micro-carnivores with tiny teeth, most likely survived on a steady diet of zooplankton or other small organisms, using suction feeding that required little breakdown of their small meals.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 July 2025
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“Invertebrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invertebrates. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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