Thesaurus:invertebrate

Thesaurus

invertebrate

English

Noun

Sense: animal without backbone

Synonyms

• invertebrate

Antonyms

• vertebrate    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• earthworm
• leech
• polychaete
• arthropod    [⇒ thesaurus]
• insect    [⇒ thesaurus]
• arachnid    [⇒ thesaurus]
• crustacean    [⇒ thesaurus]
• jellyfish
• coral
• sea anemone
• hydra
• sea star
• sea urchin
• sea cucumber
• mollusc    [⇒ thesaurus]
• squid
• snail
• bivalve
• sponge

Hypernyms

• animal    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “invertebrate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.