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Zoological terms

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

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Gular pouch

Zoology; Zoological terms

A bare throat pouch that can be expanded to accomodate large prey; found in pelicans and their relatives

Nature

Zoology; Zoological terms

Nature comprises all living organisms (biotic components), all non living components such as the physical environment (abiotic components), and all of the possible interactions among and between ...

Naricorns

Zoology; Zoological terms

Raised, hrony tubes (nostril sheaths) on top of the bill that encase the nostrils of members of the order Procellariiformes

Nearctic

Zoology; Zoological terms

Relating to the biogeographic subregion that includes Greenland and North America north of tropical Mexico.

Neotropics

Zoology; Zoological terms

The biogeographic region that includes southern Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

Mysticetes

Zoology; Zoological terms

A group of cetaceans that includes the filter-feeding whales such as Right whales, the grey whale and rorquals.

Nematocyst

Zoology; Zoological terms

A specialised stinging cell in coelenterates; contains a hairlike structure that can be ejected.

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