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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Zoological terms
Migratory
Zoology; Zoological terms
Overshooting A phenomenon in which migratory animals move along the correct route but travel beyond the normal distance and thus over-shoot their destination.
Microhabitat
Zoology; Zoological terms
The elements of a habitat that are used by an individual during its daily activities. Refers to a subset of conditions within a wider scope of habitat characteristics.
Mirror-image orientation
Zoology; Zoological terms
A migratory phenomenon in which individuals seem to reverse the east-west orientation of their migration route.
Mobbing
Zoology; Zoological terms
A form of behaviour in some birds in which a group of birds harrass a predator or other intruding animal in order to force that animal to leave the area.
Metamorphosis
Zoology; Zoological terms
The process some animals undergo in which they change from an immature form to an adult form.
Moult
Zoology; Zoological terms
To shed hair, feathers, shell, or skin such that it can then be renewed and replaced with a new coat, plumage, shell, or skin.
Migration
Zoology; Zoological terms
The annual movement of groups of animals between their breeding grounds and wintering sites.
