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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Zoological terms
Medusa
Zoology; Zoological terms
A stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate in which it is free-swimming.
Maxilla
Zoology; Zoological terms
The upper part of a bird's bill, also referred to as the upper mandible.
Oscines
Zoology; Zoological terms
One of two major subdivisions of the order Passeriformes. Oscines have a more complex syrinx and distinctive DNA patterns and middle ear bone shapes, and they generally must learn their most complex ...
Pleiotropy
Zoology; Zoological terms
The control of more than one phenotypic characteristic by a single gene or set of genes. Pleiotropy occurs when a single gene controls multiple phenotypic traits.
Ostracum
Zoology; Zoological terms
The middle, shell building layer, of a snail's shell. Consists of prism-shaped calcium carbonate crystals and organic (proteid) molecules.
