Zoological terms

Zoological terms

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

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Blastoporus

Zoology; Zoological terms

The opening into the archenteron (the primitive gastric cavity of the gastrula = gastrocoel) developed by the invagination of the blastula = protostoma

The Archean aeon (3800 to 2500 MYA) was the time period in which the first lifeforms appeared on our planet. At that time, Earth was very different from what it is today. The atmosphere was composed ...

Arthropod

Zoology; Zoological terms

A taxonomic group of animals that includes spiders, crabs, insects, and centipedes and whose bodies posess pairs of jointed limbs and in most cases an exoskeleton or hard exterior covering.

Aspect diversity .

Zoology; Zoological terms

A measure of the variety of the physical appearances of species that live in the same habitat and are hunted by predators that use visual hunting skills to identify and capture prey

Aposematic

Zoology; Zoological terms

Characteristics (such bright coloration) that act as warnings to other animals (especially predators) and signal that an animal has defences (for example, a poisonous frog that is brightly colored).

Artificial selection

Zoology; Zoological terms

A type of selection in which individuals are chosen (by a breeder) to mate and produce offspring with particular characteristics desired by the breeder.