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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Zoological terms
Habitat
Zoology; Zoological terms
Place where an animal or plant normally lives, often characterised by a dominant plant form or physical characteristic (that is, the stream habitat, the forest habitat).
Habitat compression
Zoology; Zoological terms
Restriction of habitat distribution in response to increase in number of competing species.Habitat Expansion
Mammalia
Zoology; Zoological terms
Mammals, as a group of animals, belong to the Class Mammalia. The Class Mammalia, in turn, belongs to the larger group known as the vertebrates (animals with backbones; also called the Phylum ...
Meiosis
Zoology; Zoological terms
The process of nuclear division in a cell that involves the reduction of the number of chromosomes by one half.
Metabolism
Zoology; Zoological terms
The sum of all of the chemical reactions that take place in an organism (or within an individual cell).
Mast
Zoology; Zoological terms
Nuts, large fruits, and other plant material that accumulates on the forest floor.
Mandible
Zoology; Zoological terms
The lower portion of a bird's bill, also referred to as the lower mandible.
