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Zoological terms

Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.

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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.

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