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• n  any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
• a  lacking a backbone or spinal column
  worms are an example of invertebrate animals

• Their heads are fissured, their torsos are invertebrate; their limbs, stretched and exploded, truly deserve to be called extremities because with Bacon the body is always in .
• So in a triptych like Three Studies for a Crucifixion from 1962, with its invertebrate lovers grappling in the center panel and its butchered carcass in the right, the body is the .
• Sections of that invertebrate mother ship are blown to land by unpredictable shifting winds that can turn coastal water into jellyfish marshes overnight and then leave the .

• spineless

• vertebrate

News & Articles

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• 25,000 bumblebees turn up dead in Oregon parking lot
  Oregon agricultural officials are investigating the death of an estimated 25,000 bumblebees at a Portland-area shopping mall. Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation bee experts say the dead insects have piled up in the parking lot over the past few days, The Associated Press reported. They had been clustered under nearby ...
  June 21, 2013 - The Washington Times
• Estimated 25,000 to 50,000 bumblebees killed, pesticides to blame
  WILSONVILLE, Ore. – Scientists investigating a bee die-off in Wilsonville are calling it the largest mass bumblebee death on record, with more than 50,000 reportedly dying. The Oregon Department of Agriculture determined the pesticide Safari is responsible for the death of the bumblebees in a parking lot this week but said the death toll is closer to 25,000. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate ...
  June 21, 2013 - KTVB Boise
• Worms: Clan Wars is PC exclusive, coming from Team17
  Fans of invertebrate warfare will be happy to hear a new Worms game, Worms Clan Wars , has been announced. Developer Team17 will unveil the new entry in the iconic series at this weekend's UK PC and indie games conference, Rezzed . Can't get to Brighton? Perhaps you don't even know where Brighton is? Well, some of the show will be streamed online through Eurogamer's YouTube channel - a list of ...
  June 20, 2013 - Joystiq