General science

General science

A variety of science subjects concerning the fundamental knowledge about different aspects of our world and their underlying principles.

Industry: Science

Add a new term

Contributors in General science

Become a Contributors

General science

Heteronemertini

Science; General science

An order of the class Anopla in the phylum Rhynchocoela, with an unarmed proboscis, a thick partly fibrous dermis, and a three-layered body musculature composed of outer longitudinal, median ...

Welwitschiales

Science; General science

An order of the class Cycadopsida having one species, Welwitschia mirabilis . This plant is native to the very arid deserts of southwestern Africa. Its appearance is bizarre—it has a very short, ...

An order of the class Cephalopoda (subclass Coleoidea) commonly known as squids. They are characterised by 10 appendages (eight arms and two longer tentacles) around the mouth; an elongate, tapered, ...

Bryoxiphiales

Science; General science

An order of the class Bryopsida in the subclass Bryidae. The order consists of a single genus and species, Bryoxiphium norvegicum, the sword moss. This order is characterised by a swordlike ...

Pseudosphaeriales (lichenized)

Science; General science

An order of the class Ascolichenes, shared by the class Ascomycetes. The order is also called the Pleosporales. The genera now assigned to this order were formerly classified in the Pyrenulales. ...

Tricladida

Science; General science

An order of the Turbellaria (of the phylum Platyhelminthes) known commonly as planaria, which are several millimetres to 20 in. (50 cm) or more in length. They have a diverticulated intestine with a ...

Splachnales

Science; General science

An order of the true mosses (subclass Bryidae), whose members are remarkable perennial plants that grow mainly on nitrogenous substrates, such as dung, and show considerable differentiation of neck ...