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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Abdomen
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1. ( ARTHRO ) The posterior of the three main body divisions of insects; not homologous with chelicerate opisthosoma. 2. ( ARTHRO: Crustacea) The trunk somites (with or without limbs) between the ...
Abscission
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The process by which a part of an organism is shed or separates from the rest of the organism. Usually used in reference to plants, for example when fruit drops from the plant or when leaves are shed ...
Accidental
Zoology; Zoological terms
Pertaining to species that do not occur in a region under normal circumstances.
Cnidaria
Zoology; Zoological terms
The taxonomic group (phylum) of animals whose members are characterised by radial or biradial symmetry, diploblastic organization, and possess a gastrovascular cavity and nematocysts.
Climax .
Zoology; Zoological terms
The point at which an ecological community has completed a successional sequence, or sere and has reached a steady state within a particular set of environmental conditions
Clappering in birds
Zoology; Zoological terms
(especially storks), a non-vocal form of communication expressed by the slapping together of the upper and lower parts of the bill together.
Chytridiomycosis
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Chytridiomycosis is a leathal skin disease that affects amphibians. Chytridiomycosis is caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
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