invertebrate

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Scientists have long wondered how these invertebrate eyes continue growing during adulthood.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025

"It clogs up all that invertebrate life on the bed of the river and it means the fish are not getting the food they require."

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

So the question of cyborg ethics is currently a question of the ethics of creating cyborgs from invertebrate animals.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

This summer, Austin Hendy, an assistant curator at the Natural History Museum who specializes in invertebrate paleontology, spent hours sifting and sorting through thousands of fossilized shells found in the shell bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

In organic chemistry, invertebrate zoology, and the inspired symmetry of Mendelian genetics, I have found a religion that serves.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver