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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Zoological terms
Kleptoparasitism
Zoology; Zoological terms
A form of parasitism in which parasite steals items such as food or nest materials from other host individauls.
Life cycle
Zoology; Zoological terms
A series of stages through which an animal develops as it progresses from birth to reproductive maturity.
Last common ancestor
Zoology; Zoological terms
The most recent known common ancestor of a set of lineages or taxa.
Juvenal
Zoology; Zoological terms
Refers to the first plumage attained after a bird loses its down feathers.
Larva
Zoology; Zoological terms
Immature form of some animals that undergo radical transformation to attain the adult form.
Thorax
Zoology; Zoological terms
The term thorax refers to, in mammals, the area of the trunk anterior to the diaphragm (the diaphragm is the partition between the thorax and the abdomen). In insects, the thorax refers to the body ...
