Zoological terms

Zoological terms

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

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Gastrula

Zoology; Zoological terms

The blastula is transformed into a gastrula by cell movements known as gastrulation

Epizoa

Zoology; Zoological terms

Commensal animal living as ectoparasites on other animals

Epithelial t.

Zoology; Zoological terms

(Gk. epi, on; thele, nipple) Covers body surface, lines body cavities, ducts, vessels, and forms glands; can be squamous (flat), cuboidal (cube-shaped), columnar (column-like), or stratified (in ...

For members which are never found living independently. The smaller member, symbiont, is described as an ecto-symbiont or endo-symbiont according to whether it resides on the outside or inside of the ...

Symbiosis

Zoology; Zoological terms

(Gk. syn together with; bios, life) A long-term association with other organisms, sometimes limited to another single species which can be commensal, mutualistic, and parasitic.

Nervous t.

Zoology; Zoological terms

Contains neurons, cells which transmit electrochemical impulses to command, skeletal muscles or secretory glands, sense environmental changes, and process information