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Zoological terms

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

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Filly

Zoology; Zoological terms

A female horse that is four years or younger in age.

Ideal free distribution

Zoology; Zoological terms

The distribution of individuals across resource patches of different intrinsic quality that equalises the net rate of gain of each when competition is taken into account.

Habitat destruction

Zoology; Zoological terms

Habitat destruction is the process by which natural habitat is damaged or destroyed to such an extent that it no longer is capable of supporting the species and ecological communities that naturally ...

Imprinting

Zoology; Zoological terms

The tendency of young animals to follow the first moving thing they see. In the wild, this is usually the mother, but in captivity, where the mother may not be the first thing they see, they might ...

Incubation patch

Zoology; Zoological terms

A defeathered area on the lower abdomen in which the skin has thickened and become rich with blood vessels

Hyoid apparatus

Zoology; Zoological terms

A collective term for the bones of the tongue and associated connective tissues, found in the upper throat

Immature

Zoology; Zoological terms

A yong bird no longer under parental care but not yet old enough to breed; a bird that is not yet fully adult

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