Metabolic rate

A measure of the energy used by an animal in a given time period. The metabolic rate of an animal is affected by several interacting factors, including temperature and the level ...

basal metabolic rate

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The measure of the total energy utilized by the body to maintain its necessary processes while at rest. Those processes include keeping the heart, brain, and other organs ...

basal metabolic rate

Agriculture; General agriculture

the energy required to sustain basal metabolism

basal metabolic rate

Medical; Medicine

Oxygen used by a subject during minimal physiologic activity while awake; an obsolete test determined by measuring oxygen consumption of a fasting subject at complete bodily and ...

fawn

Animals; Animals

A young deer is named as fawn which can run with very high speed and posses beautiful eyes.

rodent

Animals; Animals

A member of the group of mammals that gnaw or nibble using a pair of large front teeth.Rats, mice, guinea pigs, squirrels, and beavers are types of rodents.

antler

Animals; Animals

A horn like growth on the head of deer, moose or other similar animals. Antlers often have one or more branches and usually grow only on males.

amoeba

Animals; Animals

A tiny living thing made up of a single cell and is only visible with a microscope.They constantly change their shape and are members of Protozoans.

cilia

Animals; Animals

Tiny hair like parts that are found in the cells of some animals and in some one celled organisms. Paramecium use cilia to move about.

chordate

Animals; Animals

An animal belong to the phylum Chordata, which includes all vertebrates.

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Chagas

Nicknamed the new AIDS of the Americas, chagas is a tropical disease caused by parasites transmitted to humans by blood-sucking insects. The insect, ...