Zoological terms

Zoological terms

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

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Strut zone

Zoology; Zoological terms

A spot where a gobbler goes regularly to display and attract hens.

Swing (pass)

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When ducks or geese circle the decoys in preparation for landing.

Tanks

Zoology; Zoological terms

Watering ponds in the west that often concentrate gamebirds.

(Gk. proto, first) Any bilateral animal whose first opening in the embryo (deriving from blastopore) becomes the mouth and the second opening the anus; also characterised by spiral cleavage during ...

Proboscis

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An eversible (with retractor muscle), hollow, muscular organ (sometimes dotted with a stylet) used for prey capture, defense, and locomotion that lies in a fluid-filled cavity ( Neirida, Polychaeta, ...

Protonephridium

Zoology; Zoological terms

An excretory organ, used in discharging water and waste products, in which the nephridial canal does not open internally through a funnel but is closed and contains beating flagella.

Deuterostomes

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(Gk. deutero, real) An animal in which the blastopore becomes the anus, while the second opening becomes the mouth ; hemichordates, echinodermata, and chordates; usually notoneuralia with chord ...